Sylvans Jewelers on Main robbed at gunpoint

Columbia police released surveillance photos of two suspects wanted for the brazen midday armed robbery of Sylvan Jewelers in downtown Columbia on Thursday.

The two armed men entered the Main Street store at 11 am, Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said in a news release.

While one of the men took expensive watches from a display case, the other threatened store employees with a gun. No one was hurt in the robbery, Holbrook said.

Police believe one or more individuals were in the getaway car - a dark-colored, older model 4-door Oldsmobile with tinted windows - parked in from of the store during the robbery.

Anyone with information can call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.

This story was originally published February 19, 2015 at 11:49 AM with the headline "Sylvans Jewelers on Main robbed at gunpoint."