Four suspects used a stolen Hyundai to ram into the front of a smoke shop in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood early Monday morning.
SEATTLE — Multiple suspects are wanted after a smash-and-grab robbery at a smoke shop in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood early Monday morning.
Four suspects used a stolen car to crash through the front of Xhale Tobacco on North 85th Street at around 2:30 a.m., according to the Seattle Police Department. A witness reported that four masked men arrived at the store in three vehicles.
One suspect reportedly drove the car into the building at an angle, dislodging a bollard that was supposed to protect the store from being run into. All four suspects were seen entering the store with bags, stealing merchandise and then fleeing eastbound on North 85th Street in two different cars, leaving the stolen Hyundai behind. Police confirmed that car had been reported stolen out of Seattle.
The owner of the smoke shop said they have been the victim of a smash-and-grab robbery before, which led them to install bollards out front to try and prevent it from happening again.
