Monday Sees Two (Possibly Three) Armed Robberies

Seattle Police North Precinct tweeted at 1:31 pm about an armed robbery near 45^th Street:

Beat: B3, ROBBERY (INCLUDES STRONG ARM) at 45XX BLOCK OF WALLINGFORD AV N reported on 1/30/2023 1:31 PM, Call# 23000028534

— SeattlePD Boy 3 (@SeattlePDB3) January 30, 2023

Not even an hour later, a second robbery or attempted robbery took place:

Beat: B3, ROBBERY – IP/JO (INCLUDES STRONG ARM) at N 43 ST / EASTERN AV N reported on 1/30/2023 2:15 PM, Call# 23000028568

— SeattlePD Boy 3 (@SeattlePDB3) January 30, 2023

A reader wrote to us with these additional details:

I just got home from the Gym and there are 2 cop cars on my street, officer standing in the middle of the road between 44th and 43rd on Corliss Ave N.

Apparently moments ago (around 2 p.m.) a passerby was confronted by an individual with a firearm. The robber was unsuccessful, they didn’t get anything from the victim.

I asked one of the cops in his cruiser why the robbery failed and he claimed he wasn’t sure he wasn’t with the victim, but they are bringing a dog onto the scene for some reason or another.

It’s not clear if there are, in fact, two attempted armed robberies near 43^rd, or just one. (The SPD twitter feed reports just one near this location.) Also not clear is if these robberies (or attempts) are related.