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The chief of the Seattle Police Department was reportedly simply yards away from a jewellery retailer when it was ransacked in broad daylight on Thursday, with the robbers getting away with an estimated $2 million in diamonds, gold and luxurious watches.
That day, 4 masked robbers executed the theft at Menashe & Sons Jewelers in West Seattle, threatening staffers with bear spray and a stun gun after smashing the locked glass entrance door with a hammer and stealing all the pieces from six show instances within the retailer.
However as the jewellery heist was going down, Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes was consuming lunch simply yards away, a police supply informed The Jason Rantz Present on Seattle Pink 770 AM.
A spokesperson for the Seattle Police Division confirmed to The Jason Rantz Present that the chief was close by, however could not say particularly the place he was on the time of the theft.
MASKED ROBBERS PULL OFF BRAZEN MIDDAY HEIST AT SEATTLE JEWELRY STORE IN UNDER TWO MINUTES
4 masked robbers executed a brazen noon theft at a jewellery retailer in West Seattle, leaving with diamonds, gold and luxurious watches in lower than two minutes. (Menashe Sons & Jewelers)
“Chief Barnes and his safety element have been at a close-by enterprise when the theft occurred,” the spokesperson mentioned. “They have been contained in the enterprise and have been unaware of the crime unfolding.
“The suspects have been out and in of the jewellery retailer in precisely 90 seconds,” the spokesperson added. “His safety element was in plain garments on the time of the theft.”
The division spokesperson additionally informed the radio show the chief and his element grew to become conscious of the theft after police autos with lights and sirens responded to the scene.
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Chief of Seattle Police Shon Barnes was reportedly having lunch at a restaurant simply yards away when the jewel heist went down. (Menashe Sons & Jewelers)
Thieves smashed open a case with an emerald necklace value $125,000 and a case containing round $750,000 value of Rolex watches, police mentioned.
“We’re fairly shook up as a workers,” Josh Menashe, vp of the family-owned retailer, mentioned on Friday. “We’re gonna be closed for some time.”
Matthew Strommen, the supervisor of close by Industrious Fitness center informed FOX 13 in Seattle the workers of the jewellery retailer escaped out the again and went to the fitness center for assist.
The police chief had no thought the theft was occurring till he and his safety element observed police vehicles with lights and sirens exhibiting up, based on reporting by The Jason Rantz Present. (Google Maps)
He added that there was “plenty of shock and shock” due to the theft, resulting in the fitness center locking the doorways till police arrived.
The suspects escaped in a getaway automotive earlier than police arrived at midday. No arrests have been made but.
Nobody was harm through the robbery.
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Seattle police are asking anybody with data to name 206-233-5000.
Fox Information Digital’s Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
