Juvenile Arrested In Smyrna Gun Store Theft, 4 Others Sought

SMYRNA, TN -- Smyrna Police made the first arrest connected to last week's break-in at Guns-n-More, but detectives are still working to identify the other four people involved.

Police said a juvenile was arrested Tuesday but will not release an identity. A juvenile petition has been sworn out against another suspect, who was also not identified.

Guns-n-More in Smyrna was robbed for the second time in less than a month Nov. 16. A group of five thieves backed up a car, which had been reported stolen in an earlier carjacking, through the front of the Sam Ridley Parkway store and made out with 10 guns, plus ammunition and rifle parts. Twenty-four guns were stolen from the store during an August robbery.

The vehicle is a gray Audi A4 with an Ohio license plate of FTN-8532. The suspects are four males in masks and one woman, whose face was uncovered.

"We do believe that these individuals are involved in other burglaries and robberies that have happened in the Middle Tennessee area," Smyrna Police Sgt. Bobby Gibson told WKRN.

Local agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said there has been a rise in gun store thefts nationwide and that weapons stolen in those robberies are starting to show up on the streets, connected to other crimes.

Photo via Smyrna Police