Just before noon on Thursday, October 30, a resident on NE 75th Street spotted three SPD vehicles high-tailing it east towards Wedgwood.
They were heading toward a bank robbery on the 7300 block of 35th Avenue NE.
Police are looking for a white male in his 50s, 5-feet, 4-inches tall, 135 pounds, wearing a black coat with a grey hoodie, jeans, and a cap (reads “Grizzly” in white stitching). The suspect is possibly armed.
Picture taken of the suspect inside the bank, via Seattle Police.
If you see anyone matching this description, call 911 immediately.
UPDATE (12:13 PM): Schools in the vicinity of the bank robbery are sheltering in place (no one outside the buildings, outside doors locked, inside business as usual). These schools are: Eckstein Middle, Thornton Creek Elementary, View Ridge Elementary, Bryant Elementary, and Wedgwood Elementary (reported by Principal Doug Ouellette on twitter).
UPDATE (12:25 PM): Lockdowns at the previously mentioned schools was lifted at 12:15 PM.
UPDATE (12:32 PM): The previous bank robbery on 35th Avenue NE happened almost exactly two weeks ago, one block up the street from today’s. The descriptions of both suspects appear to be the same, but we have no confirmation from Seattle Police that this was the same individual in both cases.
UPDATE (2:36 PM): Seattle Schools has corrected their earlier list of schools that had sheltered in place this afternoon: View Ridge Elementary was not affected and did not shelter-in-place.
The date in the article appears (10/23) incorrect based on the posting date.
Gah! Thank you for catching that. I have changed to the date to the correct one.
If that’s the key bank. They have security posted outside at all hours. What the heck? Of course I just checked the Google street view to make sure it was the Key bank and in the photos the security guard is focused on his cell phone.
Based in the photo, this is the Key Bank next to Starbucks.