Officials on Thursday said that they were offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the people involved in the theft of firearms from a shooting range.
According to police, thieves got away with 97 handguns, rifles and ammunition from the Powder Room Shooting Range, located at 2470 Powell Rd., on Tuesday night.
Police said that they were reviewing surveillance video from the business and said that the theft was “bold and calculated,” 10TV News reported.
“This one I would attribute to nothing more than the will power of a thief to get in there and get those weapons,” Powell police Chief Gary Vest said.
Vest said that thieves cut a large oval hole in the back cinderblock wall of the building to gain access to the guns.
Investigators said that they were concerned for the public’s safety.
“It’s significant, because we don’t know where they’re going to turn up or what they’re going to be used for,” Kirk Howard, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said.
Vest said that each of the firearms was tagged and asked the community to be on the lookout for them.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the ATF crime gun hotline at 1-800-283-4867 or the Powell Police Department at 614-396-3346.
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