MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Detectives with the Murfreesboro Police Department are actively investigating a daytime robbery that targeted an armored truck outside a local credit union Wednesday morning. The situation led to the driver of the financial truck being attacked and later, a police pursuit that took authorities to I-840 (Scroll down for more on this developing news story)...

The incident occurred around 10:49 a.m. at Ascend Federal Credit Union on West Clark Boulevard. According to authorities, two suspects arrived at the location in a dark-colored Nissan Pathfinder and were armed with firearms.

Police say the suspects approached an armored truck positioned at the ATM and assaulted the armed security guard before taking an undisclosed amount of cash. The individuals then fled the scene in the SUV.

Officers later located the suspected getaway vehicle on Old Fort Parkway. When police attempted to follow, the driver sped away, leading officers onto Interstate 24 and eventually onto Interstate 840 in the direction of Smyrna. Authorities lost sight of the vehicle shortly thereafter.

The department’s Criminal Investigations Division (CID) is continuing to investigate the robbery. No additional suspect descriptions have been released at this time.

Police are asking anyone with information related to the case to contact authorities as the investigation remains ongoing.