The Seattle Police Department held a press conference Wednesday to address the ongoing robberies of students in North Seattle.
“There have been uses of force, there’s been guns displayed, there has been some violence against the victims here and generally they are looking for phones,” Assistant Chief Todd Kibbee said.
“The cell phone is, doesn’t mean much without a passcode so most of these robberies the victims are being made to give up the passcode to the phones,” he said. “Calling 911 in an emergency wasn’t proven to be an effective strategy and our kids shouldn’t normalize being robbed at gunpoint walking home from school,” she said.
Kibbee said the suspects are using stolen cars to target their victims. He said two have been recovered so far and they’re processing it for fingerprints and evidence. However, they still don’t have any suspects in custody.
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