As Tommy Rowell loaded bags of supplies into the back of a young woman's SUV in front of his business, Rowell's Sporting Goods on Wednesday afternoon, he looked at the makeshift door on the building that had been broken into with disappointment.

"I figured I'd be more upset, but I believe in god," said Rowell "i'm disappointed, disgusted and upset but, you've got to move on from that feeling."

His sporting goods store located at 19655 North 3rd Street in Citronelle had a stolen red convertible Ford Mustang driven through the front door during a smash and grab robbery early Tuesday morning.

Rowell said he lives around the corner from his business and the burglary alarm system went off at 2:24 a.m. sending him an alert.

"As soon as the alarm went off we were here at 2:26," said Rowell "when I got here I could see the door penetrated with the vehicle in here."

He said he was armed with a 357 revolver at the time and slowly approached the wreckage to see if the thieves were inside.

"I never want to have to use it, but I thought I might have too," said Rowell.

He didn't see anyone inside the store when he peeked in, so he waited outside for the Citronelle Police Department and Mobile Country Sheriff's Office to arrive.

When he went inside to assess the damage afterwards, only one glass counter had been shattered and broken open where there were semi-automatic handguns.

"I figured they knew where they was at and they stopped the car right there, busted it out and grabbed the handguns," said Rowell.

He said the glass counter held revolvers, 380's, .25 caliber, .38 caliber, .40 caliber handguns, with a estimated value of $5,000 to $6,000.

The thieves dropped one of the guns next to the vehicle, that was reported as stolen from the Prichard area, as they fled the store. Rowell said nothing else in the store was taken besides the guns.

"I figure they were in the store not even thirty seconds grabbed those guns, threw them in a bag and got out the door," said Rowell.

Citronelle Police Department detectives said that the license plate on the vehicle had been removed. Investigators wiped down the vehicle for prints Tuesday morning. Rowell said the surveillance video inside the store was damaged by the car crash.

"The was going but when the car came through the door it cut all the wiring up that ran along the wall," said Rowell.

Rowell and his wife, who have ran the sporting goods store in Citronelle for 41 years, have had robbery attempts happen before. He said at least four robbery attempts have occurred in the last year, but nothing major was stolen.

A day after the latest robbery, the couple walked around their store cleaning up and helping ATF agents with their investigation. Both had to side step tiny chunks of glass as they showed agents around.

Rowell said they have been left to pick the pieces of their business, literally.

"We're just too old to deal with this anymore," said Rowell "being a small business is just tough and it has gotten so hard."

The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau is currently assisting the Citronelle Police Department in the investigation. The ATF is reporting that approximately 16 guns were stolen and they are continuing to work with Rowell assessing the stores' inventory.

The ATF and the National Shooting Sports Foundation is offering a reward of up to $5,000 to anyone with information on the crime. You can contact the ATF at 1-800-283-4867 or call the Citronelle Police Department at 251-866-5527.