Can you help solve this crime? (March 25, 2016)

The crime

At 1:50 a.m. on Tuesday, a man approached A-Ok Pawn and Retail at 7310 W. Central from the northwest. He was filmed on a surveillance camera walking through the parking lot to the west of the shop, then across to its front door. He hesitated near the front door to make sure there were no witnesses.

When he didn’t see anyone, he used a tool to smash in the door and walked directly to the wall where the guitars and banjos were hanging. He picked up three guitars and a banjo and left through the same hole he created to get in.

More video shows him carrying the instruments back to the northwest. The entire crime took less than three minutes. The suspect is a man, but the video quality is too poor to determine other identifying traits.

Whom to contact

If you have information about this incident or any felony crime, call Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111. You can also submit a tip at www.WichitaCrimeStoppers.com or by texting TIP217, then your message, to CRIMES (274637). All ways are secure and anonymous. If your tip leads to an arrest you may be eligible for a cash reward up to $2,500, and Crime Stoppers will never ask your name. Crime Stoppers of Wichita-Sedgwick County, a division of the Wichita Crime Commission, is a nonprofit organization against crime that relies on donations from the community to pay for tips.

Crime Stoppers case number: 1611

Department case number: 16C19451

Lead detective: V. Miller, Wichita Police Department

This story was originally published March 25, 2016 at 5:52 PM with the headline "Can you help solve this crime? (March 25, 2016)."