CLEVELAND, Ohio - Authorities are searching for a suspect who they say broke into a Westlake gun store and stole a dozen firearms over the weekend.

At about midnight Saturday, a thief climbed a ladder to break a second-story window at Westlake Classic Firearms on Center Ridge Road before smashing a display case full of handguns.

The thief made off with 10 handguns from the display case and two rifles from the wall, said William Halusek, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Both rifles were assault weapons, one a Pioneer Arms AK-47 and the other a Para Ordnance TTR, an AR-15 style weapon, according to a police report on the incident.

Police were dispatched to the scene because a worker at a neighboring business called 911 after seeing a ladder propped

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