Paintball guns target of burglary

By Carrie Petersen
Albany Democrat-Herald

Eleven paintball guns were taken from Albany Outdoor Paintball sometime Monday night.

The burglars entered a shed on the property, at 150 41st Ave. S.E., through an unlocked window and broke into a padlocked freezer that was being used as a safe, according to an Albany police report.

Business owner Lee Ingram said the building had motion detector lights, but that the light bulbs had been unscrewed.


Ingram, who lives on the property, said he heard his dog barking during the night and went outside about four times with a flood light and shotgun but did not notice anything suspicious.

Tuesday morning he realized the building had been ransacked and items were missing.

According to the police report, the missing items were 10 Tippmann Prolite guns, one silver Tippmann 98 Custom gun, 10 black C02 tanks, and a repair box with miscellaneous parts. The total value is $2,995.

Ingram said he later noticed that 500 paintballs worth $25 had also be taken.

Ingram called the Tippmann Prolite guns "old-fashioned" and said no one would want them compared to the styles and technology of recent paintball guns.

He said the guns are worth about $250 each to him because they are high-quality for rentals and he does maintenance on them every time they are used.

Ingram said he would be surprised if anyone selling the guns on the street could get more than $25 for one of them.

The most unique feature about the guns is that they have a shoulder strap, something the newer guns do not have.

"Any gun out there with a shoulder strap is probably mine," Ingram said.

Police have no suspects in the burglary.