SAN ANTONIO — Police are looking for three people in a pick-up truck who stole an ATM from a convenience store early Thursday morning.
The theft happened around 3:10 a.m. at a gas station on Fredericksburg and Loop 410.
Police say three people in a truck pulled up to the store, broke the glass using a sledgehammer and tied up the ATM inside the store before taking off.
The clerk was the only person inside the store, and he was not hurt.
It is not known how much money was inside the cash machine. Police later found the vehicle used in the crime at an apartment complex near Loop 410 and I-10. Police said the truck had been stolen around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Police say they have seen an increase in these types of thefts. KENS 5 has covered four similar thefts in the last month.
This is a developing situation and further details will be added as they are received.
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