Re: Nova firearms broken into and guns stolen
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Date: December 13, 2015 10:08PM
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16 guns taken from Worcester U.S. Army Reserve
Updated: Nov 15, 2015 - 3:38 PM
WORCESTER, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Investigators are searching for six rifles and 10 pistols stolen from a U.S. Army Reserve armory in Worcester last weekend.
Surveillance images obtained by FOX25 show an unknown man near the Lincoln Stoddard Army Reserve Center, standing beside a dark BMW hatchback with sport rims.
The break-in occurred sometime between 6 p.m., on Saturday and 1 a.m., on Sunday, at the Lake Ave. facility, Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus, Jr., said in a statement Monday.
The Worcester Fire Department responded to the facility hours later, after an armory employee reported smoke and signs of a burglary, Augustus said.
The armory, which is surrounded by a barbed-wire fence, is on a main road beside a hospital and other buildings.
Worcester police are increasing their patrols in "key locations" around the city as a precaution, Augustus said.
Investigators walked the perimeter of the facility on Sunday night, combing the area and taking pictures.
Hank Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Boston office, told reporters at a news conference regarding local security in the wake of the Paris terror attacks that the Worcester burglary does not appear to be related to terrorism.
"As we get a better indication as to what actually happened, there's nothing at this point in time that would tie this to any specific threat or anything else at this point," Shaw said.
Gov. Charlie Baker said on Monday he is concerned the high-power weapons are still unaccounted for.
"I'm especially concerned about it," Baker said. "Separate and apart from anything that has to do with terrorism, I'm just concerned about the fact that some high-caliber weapons were stolen from a military facility in the first place."