Police arrest 12-year-old and 14-year-old robbery suspects in South Seattle

Police arrested two robbery suspects, a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old, in South Seattle Wednesday afternoon.

According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), police responded to reports of a robbery at gunpoint near the corner of S Dawson St. and 39th Ave. S shortly after 2 p.m.

As officers were on their way, they received a second report of a robbery near the corner of S Mt. Baker Blvd. and 30th Ave. S.

Police interviewed the victims from both scenes and learned that the suspect and vehicle descriptions were identical.

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SPD officers flooded the area and found the suspect's vehicle near the corner of 39th Ave. S and S Graham St. 

Police initiated a traffic stop, and the suspects tried to speed away. After a brief pursuit, the vehicle crashed, and the suspects took off running.

Officers eventually apprehended two of the suspects. One suspect remains at large.

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Both the 12-year-old and 14-year-old were taken to the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center for investigation of robbery.

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