Seattle police: Can you help ID this purse snatcher?

SEATTLE — April 25, 2019 Update: Seattle police released more images of the suspect involved in this case.

Our previous coverage below:

Officers with the Seattle Police Department are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who they say is suspected in a series of purse snatches in the Rainier Valley.

Police said a man approached women as they were getting out of their cars outside their homes and stole purses from them on four occasions from April 4 to April 9.

According to police, the robberies took place between 9:45 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. at the following locations:

-Renton Avenue South and South Webster 
-Rainier and South Rose Street 
-50th Avenue South and South Thistle Street 
-Renton Avenue South and South 112th Street

“Investigators have obtained surveillance footage of a vehicle, a silver sedan with a moon roof, believed to be connected to at least three of the robberies,” Seattle police wrote in a blotter post.

Police said the man is in his late teens to early 20s, is approximately 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a slim build.

Anyone with information about the man is asked to contact the Seattle Police Department’s Robbery Unit at 206-684-5535.

KIRO 7 will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

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