BOONVILLE, Mo. — A casino in central Missouri was robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday, state police said.
According to a news release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, two suspects entered the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville at about 2 p.m. CT.
State troopers said that one of the suspects was armed with a rifle, while the other person held a handgun.
The two suspects took an undetermined amount of cash and fled the area in a tan, older model Ford Taurus, the news release stated.
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The suspects were later tracked north into Howard County, where deputies found the vehicle abandoned, KMBC reported.
The suspects were not inside the vehicle and remain at large, according to the television station.
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The state police’s Division of Drug and Crime Control has taken over the investigation with the assistance of the Boonville Police Department, the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI, WDAF reported.
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