Guns Recovered In Oakland After Sacramento Area Gun Store Thefts
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Authorities have recovered "many firearms" in an Oakland neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, several hours after two gun stores near Sacramento were burglarized, sources told KPIX 5.
Police and the agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were spotted near 68th and MacArthur Avenues around noon Wednesday. Authorities dusted for fingerprints a SUV that matched the description of a getaway vehicle linked to the Wednesday morning burglaries.
The first break-in happened just after 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Rocklin Armory along Granite Drive, CBS Sacramento reported. Authorities believe the suspects plowed their car into the front of the building to get in.
Security camera footage shows four or five men peeking into the front of the business right before getting into a Honda CR-V, the gun store owner said.
Raw Video: Sacramento Area Gun Store Robbed
Only one rifle was stolen – an AK-47 they were working on, the gun store owner says. Guns that are on display during business hours are put away at closing.
"We leave the lights on to clearly indicate there's nothing on the walls," said Walter Ford, co-owner of Rocklin Armory.
About a half hour later, STS Guns in Folsom was also burglarized. Investigators believe 15 to 20 handguns and another rifle were stolen.
Wednesday's burglaries appear similar to another gun store burglary in the Sacramento area earlier this year. Two months ago, more than 100 guns were stolen from the NorCal Gun Vault in Rocklin in the same fashion – a car through the front of the building.
