Armed robbers hit Missouri nursing home

Police say two masked men armed with a gun were likely looking for prescription drugs when they burst into a southeast Missouri nursing home.

The Southeast Missourian reports that the break-in took place on April 14 at the River Oaks Nursing Center in Steele. Nursing home workers told police the men ordered them into a bathroom and then rifled through an employee’s purse but didn’t take anything.

Steele police chief Billy Joe Stanfield said that one of the nurses was assaulted, receiving a minor injury.

Steele is in the far southeast corner of Missouri.

This story was originally published April 24, 2014 at 8:39 AM with the headline "Armed robbers hit Missouri nursing home."