Sporting Goods Store to Suspend Sales of Modern Rifles Nationwide
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Stuffed animals and a sign calling for prayer rest at the base of a tree near the Newtown VIllage Cemetery on Dec. 17. Image by Charles Krupa / AP
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A sporting goods chain says it's suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut.
Dick's Sporting Goods, with locations in Northeast Wisconsin, also says it's removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown, where the massacre took place.
Authorities say a gunman killed 26 people, mostly children, with a military-style rifle at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday after killing his mother. He then killed himself.
A statement posted on Dick's website expresses sympathy for the victims' families. It says sales of modern sporting rifles will be suspended during "this time of national mourning."
Dick's declined to answer Associated Press questions about how long the suspension would last or which weapons were being pulled.
Pittsburgh-based Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. has more than 500 stores in 44 states including Wisconsin.
NBC26's Jonathon Gregg is following this story and will have a report on NBC26 Live at 5:00 and 6:00
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