Police are offering a $10,000 reward for help finding out who stole about 35 guns from a pawn shop in Thornton early Tuesday.
According to a Friday news release from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, about 35 “handguns and long guns” were stolen at 3:20 a.m Tuesday from the Jumping Jack Cash at 8851 Washington St. Investigators from the ATF and Thornton Police Department are still going through inventory to get a final count of the missing weapons.
Other unidentified items were stolen from the store.
Investigators released photos of one suspect caught on camera. AFT spokeswoman Lisa Meiman said it is unknown whether there were multiple suspects, “but we’re not ruling it out,” she said.
Investigators don’t believe the burglary is connected to the this summer.
According to the news release, there has been an increase in gun-dealer burglaries around the country.
“So far in 2016, almost 170 firearms have been stolen from licensed gun dealers in the Denver Metro area, which is already more than the 2015 Colorado total of 121 firearms,” the news release states.
Anyone with information should call the Thornton Police Department’s non-emergency line, 720-977-5069, or the ATF tip line, 1-800-ATF-GUNS (283-4867). Callers to the ATF tip line can remain anonymous.
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