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• 23rd Ave/Spring robbery: Police searched the blocks around 23rd and Union after a Sunday night robbery of an Uncle Ike’s shopper. According to SPD, police were called to the area after the victim retreated to the Central District pot store can called 911 to report the 10 PM robbery at 23rd and Spring. The victim said he was held up at gunpoint for his Uncle Ike’s bag by a suspect wearing a red bandana over his face and carrying a black handgun. Police searched the area and blocked off nearby streets searching for a male suspect in his teens but had little to go on other than the description of an unknown race male wearing a black jacket. A K9 search of the area was not successful. There were no arrests and no reported injuries in the hold-up. Police say the stolen bag contained “marijuana paraphernalia.”
• First Hill hold-up: A man reported his son was robbed at gunpoint last Thursday afternoon around 4:15 PM in the 1200 block of University on First Hill. Police were looking for a suspect described as an Asian male with black, spiky hair, bad skin, and wearing black shorts. The suspect was armed with a black revolver with a wooden handle, the victims told police. The suspect was last seen fleeing toward Broadway. Police were not able to locate the suspect. SPD data shows that robbery reports in general across the city are down so far in 2016.