“We’ve been in business 35 years. We’ve never had anybody run out of the store with a gun before,” On Target Shooting Range and Gun Shop owner, Niko Stucker.
Authorities in Asheville are asking for help after a brazen robbery at a local gun shop and shooting range.
According to the gunshop owners, say on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, at approximately 4 p.m., two suspects entered the On Target Shooting Range and Gun Shopalong Sweeten Creek Road and Busbee View Road and proceeded to rent handguns. The duo reportedly used fake names to sign in at the establishment before spending time at the firing range and re-entering the shop.
“Generally, our customers will come out of the range, will walk around the people going in, come over and drop everything off,” says Stucker. “They kept right on going.”
With surveillance cameras rolling, the couple carried the guns toward the door, with the male clearly turning, as if to hide the weapons behind his back. The two then made their way toward the door and exited with the two weapons in their possession, an FNS-9 full-size 9mm handgun and a Glock pocket-size pistol.
Once outside, surveillance caught the two running across the parking lot where they quickly entered their vehicle and sped away in what appeared to be an early 2000s Nissan sedan.
Anyone who recognizes the suspects or has information about where they might be is asked to contact Asheville Police Department at 828-252-1110, by texting TIP2APD to 847411 or by using the TIP2APD smartphone application (search "Asheville PD" in the app store).