New Castle County Police have updated a story that First State Update first brought you Monday morning.
Officials said on Monday, May 27, 2024, at 1:50 a.m., patrol officers with the New Castle County Division of Police responded to an alarm at Millers Gun Center located on W. Jackson Avenue in New Castle.
While officers were en route, a passerby called 911 to report that they witnessed a flatbed truck backed into the front door of the store. Officers arrived at the store and discovered that the store had been broken into and several firearms had been taken. Police said the truck was gone from the area when they arrived.
Detectives with the Criminal Investigations Unit along with investigators of The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives responded to the scene and assumed the investigation.
On Tuesday officials said at 7:31 this morning, the flatbed truck that was involved in the incident at Millers Gun Center was located behind a business in the 500 block of North Dupont Highway in New Castle. Multiple readers have reported police activity behind the cleaners across the street.
Officials said Detectives with the Criminal Investigations Unit along with investigators of The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are at the scene and continuing to investigate this incident.
