Seattle Pi
January 17, 2015
Police arrested a man they believe slit the throat of a game store employee in Renton before making off with money Wednesday morning.
The robbery occurred about 10:58 a.m. The suspect entered the Game Stop in the 200 block of South Second Street in Renton and forced a 23-year-old employee to open the cash register at knifepoint, reports say.
He then slit her throat and took off on foot with an unknown amount of cash.
The employee was taken to Harborview Medical Center. Her condition is stable as of Wednesday night reports.
The attacker was described as a black male between 20 and 30 years old at 6 feet tall with a heavy build.
He wore a black cap, tan Carhartt jacket and a black scarf around the lower part of his face.
The robber appeared to change clothes since the attack and repurpose his scarf, as depicted by surveillance footage taken still in downtown Renton.
After police spend the day searching for the man, King County 911 calltakers fielded a report about 5 p.m. indicating the man was in the 13000 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in Skyway.
Renton police and King County sheriff’s deputies responded to the area, found the 44-year-old suspect and arrested him. He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of robbery and attempted murder.