2:30 AM: Police are investigating a reported street robbery in which a phone was taken from the victim. They’ve been sorting out the actual location, since the victim reported it from their home at a different location, but the location mentioned most recently was 47th/Lincoln Park Way. The robbers were described as “two Black males, masks, dark clothing, handguns” who got away in a silver or gray “older” Chevrolet Silverado missing its bumper. They’re also suspected in an earlier robbery but we don’t have details on that yet.
2:34 AM: Police just found what might be that Silverado, on Alki, but haven’t yet found the robbers. They may have left in another vehicle, and they might have an accomplice.
10:03 AM: The police-report narrative on this likely won’t be available until Monday but the victim’s parents have sent us details to clarify:
Our 19-year-old son was the victim of the “street robbery” at 2 am this morning that you posted about. We wanted to clarify and provide some other details, it was a scary situation for him and could happen again (our understanding from the police at 4 am is that the suspects are still at large.)
Our son was driving south on California at Thistle street, when two men pulled their truck forward and blocked his car from being able to move forward/turn on to Thistle. They approached the car with handguns and lasers aimed at him, demanded he get out of the car and lie face down on to the ground, where they searched his pockets (threw his car keys a few feet away) and asked for cash. He didn’t have any on him. They briefly checked his car, took his phone from there, then drove off. They didn’t physically assault him.
They were not Black, as your post states. They were wearing hoodies and paint ball masks.
Our son found his keys and returned safely home shortly after, and that’s when we called 911.
ADDED SUNDAY NIGHT: SPD has finally released short summaries. The two robberies in which the same people are suspected happened seven minutes apart, 2:10 am and 2:17 am, first the one for which the victim’s family provided the summary above, second, this one – which was indeed on Lincoln Park Way:
Victim is an UBER driver and was driving a passenger during the robbery. The driver was driving a client at the 7000 BLK of Lincoln (Park) Wy SW. The suspects drove up and cut the victims off with their truck. Two suspects got out of the truck with handguns and pointed it at the victims. The suspects demanded everything, and the driver complied. The suspects drove off northbound. The same suspects committed another armed Robbery in West Seattle (see case# 25-227103). The truck was located at 59 Ave SW/Alki Ave SW. When the three suspects saw police, they exited the truck and got inside other vehicles. The suspects scattered in different vehicles. The truck that was used in the Robbery was towed.
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