ELDRIDGE, Iowa — Officials are looking for two individuals caught on camera breaking into an Eldridge gun store, according to an Eldridge Police Department Facebook post.
On Tuesday, Jan. 2, at about 4 a.m., two men broke into Square Shooters Gun Store.
According to the post, both suspects were armed with handguns. They fled the store, without stealing any weapons, shortly after breaking in.
The two men are suspected of committing burglaries at other gun stores in the Quad Cities area.
News 8 spoke with the owner, who asked not to be identified, and said this is the second time his gun shop has been broken into. The last being in 2018 with different suspects.
"It's the way I expected the break-ins to go," the gun shop owner said. "Both break-ins, they took the glass out of the front door, and then they tripped the alarm system and that runs them out of here.
"My security did what I expected it to do. All they really damaged was the glass and the security system, and the great response of local law enforcement."
He also told News 8 that he looks to make improvements to better prevent future burglaries.
"Whenever that happens, I find things that I want to improve on, even though it went as good as I could have hoped."
Police have not made any arrests yet. The suspects are considered to be armed and dangerous.
If you have any information you believe could be useful to authorities, please call the Eldridge Police Department at 563-285-9822 or Crime Stoppers of the Quad Cities at 309-762-9500. As a caller, you do not have to give your identity.
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