BELLEVUE, Wash. — Bellevue Police is asking the community to stay vigilant after a 72-year-old woman was robbed a few hours after teenagers were threatened with a gun in downtown Bellevue.
Around 3:50 p.m. on Friday, police answered a call of a robbery near the intersection of Northeast 2nd Street and 108th Avenue Northeast.
When police arrived, a 72-year-old victim told police that a man snatched her purse as she was getting into her car following her shopping trip.
The victim told police she had a brief exchange with the man before he grabbed her purse and pushed her to the ground before running away.
The victim was taken to Overlake Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said the suspect and car description in this case are similar to a suspect description they got from an earlier assault.
The earlier assault happened around 1:30 p.m. near the intersection of Bellevue Way Northeast and Northeast 4th Street at Bellevue Square.
In this case, police are looking for a suspect who threatened some teenagers with a gun.
Police urge the community to call 911 if they witnessed either case or if they see anything suspicious.
The suspect’s description has not yet been released.
This story will be updated.