Philadelphia police are seeking two men who followed an elderly woman into a center city high-rise building earlier this week and, while one distracted a security guard, the other assaulted and robbed her in an elevator.

KYW’s Mark Abrams reports that according to investigators, the two well-dressed bandits identified their target on the street, and can be seen on surveillance camera video (above) following her into 1500 Locust Street.

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Police say the first man followed the 93-year-old woman right by a security desk where a guard was preparing to stop him when his accomplice approached and began asking the guard for information about a supposed tenant in the building.

Lt. Frank Vanore says the video shows the woman and the one bandit getting on the elevator. Vanore says he grabbed her pocketbook, found a smaller purse inside, then began hitting the woman.

He says as the elevator door opened again, he kicked her out, throwing her to the ground:

“Anybody who’s going to pick a 93-year-old woman who’s defenseless in this case, we’d really like to know who these individuals are.  And I’m sure we’re going to put a lot of effort into finding them.”

Vanore says the robbery netted six dollars. The woman was treated at a hospital and released.

Police described the two suspects as follows:

“The Distractor” – African-American man, about 40-50 years old, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weighing about 180 pounds. He was well dressed, carrying a brown suit jacket and wearing a brown or tan plaid shirt, khaki pants, and dark shoes.

“The Robber” — African-American man, about 30-40-years old, about 6 foot 2 inches tall, and weighing 195 pounds. He was wearing a long-sleeved, button-down maroon shirt, black shoes, a baseball-style polo cap, and dark glasses with metal frames. He was also carrying a dark blue bag.

Anyone with information about either man should call Philadelphia police at 215-686-3093 or 911.