So today my store was robbed...
First of all, the name of the place is Arrowhead Trading Post and it is in Burbank, Illinois, and if anyone has or finds any info pertaining to this I'd be grateful if you post here or PM me.
It is a southern suburb of Chicago, so anything in the Chicagoland area has potential.
What happened was, today (Monday October 12th) at approximately 4:30pm a small group of about 5-6 African American individuals in late-teens to early 20s entered interested in paintball gear.
One of them asked to see one of our Invert Minis, and talking to him about it he wanted to try to shoot it. We put an airtank on it and dry fired it, then handed it over to let him try it. Asking what else it needed to play, we put a hopper in the feedneck.
At around this time, I was up on a step-stool putting a gun back on the wall, when I hear a commotion and look over to see several people and an employee of ours running out the door.
I jumped down to run out, but the store owner beat me out. Being the only employee left I blocked the entrance and phoned the police.
A chase ensued, and a customer who was just pulling in spun their car around to follow the thieves.
After the commotion settled down, the customer who chased them came back and handed us the Mini explaining that it was thrown at their vehicle and landed in a yard.
Amazingly, the Mini, and Crossfire tank were not even scratched! The hopper was just a gravity feed, and only suffered some scrapes. Unfortunately, since the gun was handled so much it could not be used for prints.
However, we did get a liscense plate and filed a police report.
But here is where you guys come in. What the thieves DID get away with, was a Tippmann X-7 with a full M-16/M-4 kit on it that was on display atop a counter.
It has a DEMO badge on the side of it, and is a serial number 0050609.
It had a Tippmann 14" Pathfinder barrel, and the carry handle was cracked on the back from it being dropped. It also had a cheap, spring-hinge bi-pod on it, but that is the least of our concerns.
If anyone sees this for sale or in a store, don't hesitate to link me to the ad or tell me the whereabouts.
They probably won't get far, the group of people most commonly play in the streets and stuff gets confiscated all the time. They also have the plate number and vehicle description so if they are local we can find them. And I don't think they would be smart enough to part it out, so it should be an easy target if it goes up for sale.
Again, thanks for any help in advance. I hope these guys can be brought to justice...
First of all, the name of the place is Arrowhead Trading Post and it is in Burbank, Illinois, and if anyone has or finds any info pertaining to this I'd be grateful if you post here or PM me.
It is a southern suburb of Chicago, so anything in the Chicagoland area has potential.
What happened was, today (Monday October 12th) at approximately 4:30pm a small group of about 5-6 African American individuals in late-teens to early 20s entered interested in paintball gear.
One of them asked to see one of our Invert Minis, and talking to him about it he wanted to try to shoot it. We put an airtank on it and dry fired it, then handed it over to let him try it. Asking what else it needed to play, we put a hopper in the feedneck.
At around this time, I was up on a step-stool putting a gun back on the wall, when I hear a commotion and look over to see several people and an employee of ours running out the door.
I jumped down to run out, but the store owner beat me out. Being the only employee left I blocked the entrance and phoned the police.
A chase ensued, and a customer who was just pulling in spun their car around to follow the thieves.
After the commotion settled down, the customer who chased them came back and handed us the Mini explaining that it was thrown at their vehicle and landed in a yard.
Amazingly, the Mini, and Crossfire tank were not even scratched! The hopper was just a gravity feed, and only suffered some scrapes. Unfortunately, since the gun was handled so much it could not be used for prints.
However, we did get a liscense plate and filed a police report.
But here is where you guys come in. What the thieves DID get away with, was a Tippmann X-7 with a full M-16/M-4 kit on it that was on display atop a counter.
It has a DEMO badge on the side of it, and is a serial number 0050609.
It had a Tippmann 14" Pathfinder barrel, and the carry handle was cracked on the back from it being dropped. It also had a cheap, spring-hinge bi-pod on it, but that is the least of our concerns.
If anyone sees this for sale or in a store, don't hesitate to link me to the ad or tell me the whereabouts.
They probably won't get far, the group of people most commonly play in the streets and stuff gets confiscated all the time. They also have the plate number and vehicle description so if they are local we can find them. And I don't think they would be smart enough to part it out, so it should be an easy target if it goes up for sale.
Again, thanks for any help in advance. I hope these guys can be brought to justice...
WOW what lowlifes, im glad you were able to get their liscense plate and that they were not armed so no one was harmed in the incident. Hope you guys get your stuff back and these guys get whats coming to them.
) still glow from time to time even after being wiped down a few times. Then again, I'm fairly sure that Kryptonite was radioactive or something and I have no idea how todays glow-in-the-dark paint compares to it.
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