A West Seattle smoke shop was reportedly robbed again late Wednesday, with two masked suspects fleeing south on 35th Avenue after one was seen carrying a gun with an extended magazine.
Officers were sent to Global Smoke & Vape near 35th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Roxbury Street after a panic-button alert, according to West Seattle Blog. The suspects were described as a Black man in his 20s wearing a black ski mask and a second person dressed entirely in black; the first suspect was estimated at about 5 feet 5 inches tall, while the second was described as roughly 5 feet 9 inches.
The store was also reported hit in June, when three people allegedly rushed inside and grabbed merchandise in what officers described as a smash-and-grab, an earlier report said. In a separate 2024 incident, the Seattle Police Department documented a robbery at a smoke shop in the 9400 block of 35th Avenue Southwest involving three suspects, one reportedly carrying a gun.
West Seattle Stores Have Seen Other Armed Robberies
The latest report comes amid a string of overnight holdups that has drawn attention from Seattle police. In April, KIRO 7 reported three armed robberies within about 30 minutes, including two at West Seattle convenience stores; police said the suspects in those cases might have been connected…