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Update to West Seattle business robbery- suspects arrested

On February 9th, four suspects entered a grocery/jewlery store  in the 9400 Block of 16th Avenue SW and robbed the employee at gunpoint.  The suspects then fled the scene.  Officers and Robbery Unit detectives responded to the scene and began their investigation.  During the course of the investigation, detectives developed information about the suspects.  On February 16th, detectives contacted one of the suspects at his residence and took him into custody.  After being interviewed by detectives, that suspect, age 17, was booked into the Youth Services Center (YSC) for Investigation of Robbery.

On February 17th, another suspect was located by detectives and taken into custody.  That 18 year old suspect was later booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Robbery.

On February 22nd, at approximately 4:15 pm, another suspect was located in the 5600 Block of 39th Avenue Southwest.  That suspect was taken into custody without incident.  Another person was with him at the time, who matched the physical description of one of the suspects.  Both suspects were interviewed by detectives and provided information about the robbery.  The two suspects, ages 16 and 21 were later booked into YSC and KCJ respectively for Investigation of Robbery.  This remains an active and on going robbery investigation.