Hill armed robbery remains unsolved

When the incident happened, it was one of a handful of crimes hitting the city on the same day -- Wednesday, Feb. 4th. A bank robbery downtown, the airgun shooting on Howell and, then, an armed holdup of a store on Pike.

Reports indicate two white males entered the business around 5:30p on that busy Wednesday afternoon and used a handgun to intimidate staff and take an unspecified amount of cash.

Might be easier to file the armed robbery in the crime file and move on if not for the unusual nature of the event.

1. The target, Mud Bay Granary, is a pet supply store at the base of Capitol Hill.
2. The suspects were two white males, wearing white masks. One reportedly had blond hair.
3. They used a gun.
4. They chose to commit their crime at rush hour eliminating the option of a car get-away via I5. They were last seen heading east on Pike, on foot.

SPD wouldn't comment on the status of the investigation per usual policies and said no other agencies were investigating. I've done a bit of digging to see if similiar suspects and MOs pop up anywhwere else in the region but no dice yet. Three Fort Lewis soldiers were arrested and charged in connection with armed robberies in January but those supsects were in custody before the Mud Bay incident.