HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-04-21 - Commercial Burglary - Discount Guns �s City Of Tukwila a Jim Haggerton, Mayor
Police Department David W. Haynes, Chief of Police
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PRESS RELEASE
DATE TIME: 3:53 A.M. on 4/21/11
TYPE OF INCIDENT: Commercial Burglary of a Gun Store
PRESS CONTACT: Mike Murphy (206) 423 -0761
LOCATION OF INCIDENT: Discount Guns, 321 Tukwila Pkwy
CASE 11 -2603
DESCRIPTION OF OCCURRENCE;
Buralars break into a aun shoo by backing a stolen nick -un truck throuah the front door.
At a few minutes before 4:00 A.M., Tukwila Police were dispatched to a burglary alarm at Discount Guns Sales.
Police arrived in moments and discovered that the front of the store had been broken out and gun cases inside
had been smashed. Police followed a trail of broken glass to Bicentennial Park a few blocks away. There they
found an unreported stolen pick -up truck that was used to break into the gun store. Police contacted the
owners of the truck to take a report from them.
Surveillance video indicates that two suspects entered the shop, grabbed handguns, and fled in under a
minute.
At this point, no video will be released to the media.
Tukwila Police are investigating and will release more information as it becomes available.
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T )dated: 3.7.11