Update: Armed robbery at 30th/Roxbury gas station may be linked to others

Thanks to everybody who has texted about the King County Sheriff’s Office deputies at the 30th/Roxbury 76 station. They are investigating a reported armed robbery, according to a bulletin that also was shared with Seattle Police (whose jurisdiction ends at the city/county boundary down the middle of Roxbury in that area). No other details so far.

11:02 PM NOTE: Might not be able to get more details before morning. But as the first commenter reminds us, this area has had other robberies lately – it’s only a few blocks from the 35th/Roxbury strip mall where the beverage/tobacco shop was held up a week and a half ago, and also barely a block from Roxhill Park, scene of the much-reported recent robberies targeting teens.

10 AM UPDATE: KCSO Sgt. Patrick McCurdy says this might be linked to other robberies in the county: They believe the same robber hit the Texaco and Zip Mart (in White Center) “within the last week to week and a half.” They think he got away in a car but don’t have a description of it yet. He is described as a black man in his late 30s to early 40s, medium build, 5’10”, 190 pounds, and Sgt. McCurdy adds, “In all of the circumstances, the suspect had his face covered, probably with a bandana. One of the robberies occurred in the early morning hours (around 4:00 am or so), and the other two occurred close to 10:00 PM. In all robberies, the suspect displayed a small black semi-automatic handgun.”

Nitro January 30, 2013 (10:42 pm)

Wonder if the robber has the same description as the robber of the Smoke Shop (last week or 2 weeks ago?) only 2 blocks away.

Catherine January 30, 2013 (11:37 pm)

Oh gosh, that is only a school away from me!

J January 31, 2013 (2:50 am)

It’s time we said enough to these thugs! Please come out and support your community next week at the Roxhill/Arbor Heights community council on Feb 5. We need to act and let them know they will not terrorize our neighborhoods.

WSB January 31, 2013 (3:04 am)

Thanks, J.
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Here again is the info on that:
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https://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/date-set-for-westwoodroxhill-neighborhood-council-re-organization-meeting-arbor-heights-invited-too
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It’s also in the WSB Event Calendar.

Alki Resident January 31, 2013 (7:29 am)

Those guys who run that gas station are really nice, Im sad that people can’t run a business without being violated and threatened in some way. Im sick of hearing about all the crime plaguing our area lately.