Robbery suspects hit multiple Eastside 7-Eleven stores

KING COUNTY, Wash. - Multiple convenience stores on the Eastside were hit by robbery suspects early Tuesday morning.

At about 1:45 a.m., police said two armed suspects went inside a 7-Eleven store on 148th Avenue Northeast in Redmond and robbed it. Police said the suspects threatened an employee and a customer at gunpoint, took cash and left. No injuries were reported. 

The suspects have not been located. Investigators described the suspects as young men between the ages of 18-20, one was wearing a red jacket, blue jeans, white shoes and a black mask, and the other was wearing gray jacket black pants, black shoes and a black mask. 

After 2:30 a.m., another 7-Eleven store on Northeast 145th Street and Juanita Woodinville Way in Bothell was hit, investigators said. No one was hurt and it's known what was taken. 

At about the same time, two possibly armed suspects tried to rob a 7-Eleven store about a mile away on 100th Avenue Northeast in Kirkland. Investigators said the nightshift employee secured themselves in the back room, thrawting the robbery attempt. The suspects fled the scene. 

At 2:32, Bellevue police said ia location on 140th Avenue Northeast was also hit. According to investigators, two male suspects, possibly teens, stole an unknown amount of cash and high value items. 

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At about 3 a.m., officers responded to an armed robbery at a Lake Forest Park Chevron. Police said two armed suspected walked into the story, robbed the clerk at gunpoint and fled.

It's unknown if the robberies are related at this time, and the investigation remains ongoing.