Four men involved in a Shoreline bank robbery this afternoon were apprehended a short time later next to Seattle Police Headquarters. On January 8th at approximately 3:36 p.m. Shoreline Police responded to a report of a bank robbery that had just occurred at the Chase Bank located in the 18200 block of Midvale Avenue North. Preliminary investigation indicates that the primary suspect entered the bank, presented a note and implied a weapon. The suspects fled the bank with an undetermined amount of cash and eventually got into a white 2001 Ford Crown Victoria with two additional male suspects. Nobody was injured during the robbery. The suspects fled southbound on I-5.
King County Sheriff’s Office broadcast the information to neighboring agencies. Seattle Police patrol officers as well as Robbery and Gang detectives responded to the area.
A Seattle Police officer spotted the suspect vehicle on southbound I-5 near the James Street exit. Seattle Police officers and detectives converged on the suspects and effected a traffic stop at 6th Avenue and James Street. All four adult male suspects were taken into custody without further incident.
The suspects are currently being interviewed by the Seattle Police-FBI Safe Streets Task Force and Seattle Police Robbery detectives.
Upon completion of the interviews, the primary suspect will be booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Robbery. A second suspect will be booked into the King County Jail for an active Department of Corrections felony warrant.
The dispositions of the two remaining suspects is pending further investigation.
This remains an active and on-going bank robbery investigation.
