A crew of burglars smashed their way into a Delaware County, Pennsylvania gun shop and stole more than one dozen handguns and revolvers, police tell NBC10.
Three or four men broke into The Suburban Armory at 1000 MacDade Boulevard in Collingdale around 4 a.m. Thursday, Collingdale Police Chief Robert Adams said.
The men smashed a large front window to get inside and made their way to a gun counter, climbed on top and jumped up and down until the reinforced glass broke, Adams said. They then snatched the weapons and tried to steal rifles, but couldn't get them loose from a security cable.
"There's 18 weapons on the street now. That's pretty severe," Adams said. "One gun is bad enough, but 18, that's 18 guns that are in the hands of somebody that shouldn't have them."
The ATF later upped the gun total to 19.
The entire heist was carried out in two minutes, surveillance video showed. Cameras caught two cars leaving the scene after the crime — a cream colored, older model sedan and a burgundy Pontiac minivan. A witness was able to get a partial plate of "Y-Z" from the minivan.
Adams said investigators were able to retrieve some DNA evidence from the counter, which they hope will lead them to the burglars.
This is the third time this gun shop has been targeted by robbers. In 2008, several people were charged following a burglary and last year robbers tried to hold up store employees.
