Guns stolen from SWAT team member
DAYTON (AP) -- A shotgun, two rifles and a submachine gun were stolen from the pickup truck of a police SWAT team member.
"We need those weapons back," said Lt. Bob Chabali, commander of the Dayton-Montgomery County Regional Special Weapons and Tactics Team. "Those weapons are used for the safety of the community. In the wrong hands, they're a menace."
Authorities said Friday that they did not have any suspects.
Officer Gary Huber had parked his truck under a light outside a restaurant where he had stopped to eat Thursday night after SWAT team practice, Chabali said. Huber later discovered that someone had broken into his truck.
Chabali called Huber a "very mature and solid officer," and said he would probably not be disciplined.
Huber's guns had been put in storage boxes, which were concealed in the back of the cab in his locked truck, officials said.
The weapons, some of which are not available to civilians without federal firearms dealer licenses, were listed as stolen in national databases, so no one would be able to pawn them, Huber Heights assistant police Chief Jim Borland said.
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