FORT COLLINS — Someone stole two semiautomatic rifles that had been locked in Fort Collins police patrol cars overnight Thursday.

According to a press release from Fort Collins Police Services, officers discovered the thefts Friday morning from the two marked cars that were parked in a northeast Fort Collins neighborhood.

The guns, AR-15 patrol rifles, were stored in rifle locks in the passenger compartments of the locked cars, the release said.

Police are asking anyone with information about the thefts to call Sgt. Paul Wood at 970-221-6132 or Crime Stoppers at 970-221-6868.