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Police in Everett storm motel room, but robbery suspect gone

Published 8:30 am Thursday, October 3, 2019

By Herald Staff

Police in Everett storm motel room, but robbery suspect gone
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Police in Everett storm motel room, but robbery suspect gone
An Everett Police Department officer trains his rifle toward Motel Express on Broadway in Everett Thursday morning. Police thought they had surrounded an armed-robbery suspect, but no one was inside. (Sue Misao / The Herald)
Police enter the Motel Express Thursday morning in response to a robbery report. (Sue Misao / The Herald)

EVERETT — Police on Thursday morning stormed a room at Motel Express on Broadway, where they believed an armed robbery suspect was holed up, but no one was inside.

A woman reported being robbed by a man with a pistol around 6:30 a.m. in the motel’s parking lot at 2301 Broadway, Everett police officer Aaron Snell said. She was not injured. Witnesses said the man fled and was hiding inside a room.

Regional SWAT officers surrounded the evacuated building and nearby alleys with weapons drawn and tried to coax him out, but there was no response.

“At about 9:45 a.m., SWAT entered and confirmed the man was not hiding inside a motel room,” Everett police said in a news release. Detectives continue to investigate the robbery.

Several blocks along Broadway were closed for a time but were open by mid-morning. Nearby North Middle School reportedly was under a partial lockdown during the incident.

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