Yazoo City, Miss. —The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (ATF) New Orleans Field Division is offering a $10,000 reward,
along with a $5,000 reward from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF),
the trade association for the firearms industry, for a total of up to $15,000
for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible
for two burglaries of Delta Auto Parts, Inc., a federal firearms licensee
(FFL), that occurred within a week of each other.
On Jan. 6, and Jan. 11, 2019, multiple suspects forced entry
into and burglarized Delta Auto Parts, Inc. located at 647 Haley Barbour Pkwy.,
Yazoo City, MS 39194. Multiple firearms were stolen during each burglary.
The ATF Jackson Field Office and the Yazoo City Police
Department are jointly investigating these crimes. Anyone with information
about these crimes should contact the ATF Jackson Field Office at 601-863-0900
or 1-888-ATF-TIPS (888-283-8477), by email ATFTips@atf.gov , or through the ATF
website at www.atf.gov/contact/atf-tips, or the Yazoo City Police Department at
662-746-1131.
Anonymous tips may also be submitted to ATF through the
ReportIt® mobile app, available on both Google Play and the Apple App Store ,
or by visiting www.reportit.com. With this app, users can confidentially submit
tips involving firearms and violent crimes.
This reward is part of a larger national cooperative initiative
between the NSSF and ATF in which NSSF matches ATF’s reward in cases involving
the theft of firearms from federally licensed firearms retailers. ATF works
closely with members of the firearms industry to curb the criminal acquisition
and misuse of firearms.
ATF is the lead federal law enforcement agency with
jurisdiction involving firearms and violent crimes, and regulates the firearms
industry. More information about ATF and its programs is available at
www.atf.gov.
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