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Police search for suspects after armed robbery at Capitol Hill QFC

[mappress mapid=”29″]Seattle Police are searching for two men who made off with cash early Sunday morning in an armed robbery of a QFC grocery store on Capitol Hill.

Police units closed off streets in the area following the hold-up as they searched for the two suspects just before 4 AM Sunday.

According to the preliminary SPD report on the incident, below, the two men entered the store in the 400 block of 15th Ave E, walked up to a checkout and told the clerk he was being robbed. One of the men reportedly displayed a handgun held in his waistband. The suspect descriptions are below. We’ll follow up with police to find out if any security images or video from the area is available.

Armed Robbery of a Grocery Store on 15th Avenue East

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Two men remain at large after robbing a QFC store early this morning.  On April 7th at approximately 3:45 a.m. officers responded to the 400 block of 15th Avenue East for the report of an armed robbery.

Preliminary investigation indicates that two adult male suspects walked up to a clerk in the QFC store and told him he was being robbed.  They demanded the clerk open his cashier drawer, which he did.  The suspects took the till money and left the store on foot without further incident.  Nobody was injured during the robbery.  The clerk subsequently called 911.

Responding officers conducted an area search for the suspects with the assistance of a canine unit however, the suspects remain at large.

The suspects are described as follows:

Suspect #1: Hispanic male, late teens to early 20’s, last seen wearing a red sweater and jeans.

Suspect #2: Hispanic male, late teens to early 20’s, black jacket with a gray hood.

Both suspects were thin built and spoke with an accent.  One of them had a handgun in his waistband.

Anyone with information about this incident or who may know the identities or whereabouts of the suspects is asked to call 911 or Seattle Police and refer to this incident.

Anonymous tips are welcome.

This remains an active and on-going robbery investigation.

Earlier in the night, police were called to 15th Ave E for a report of gunshots near the Key Bank. Police radio traffic indicated that a witness told police that the noises had been fireworks and not caused by gunfire.

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cloey
cloey
10 years ago

Horrible. I suggest AmazonFresh home delivery to avoid being robbed.

Ace Ebb
Ace Ebb
10 years ago
Reply to  cloey

Right, because robberies in grocery stores are so commonplace. I hope Amazon pays you well.

omg
omg
10 years ago
Reply to  cloey

cloey, Are you freaking serious?

JimS
JimS
10 years ago
Reply to  cloey

Nobody robbed the customers. How will buying your groceries from Amazon Fresh prevent the QFC from being robbed? What a moronic comment.

Timmy73
Timmy73
10 years ago
Reply to  JimS

Hopefully the comment from cloey was a joke. I doubt anyone would actually suggest we board ourselves up at home and do all our shopping online for fear of being robbed.

I hope the QFC staff are doing okay. What a traumatic experience.

Marc
Marc
10 years ago

Alrighty then. Rubicon crossed.