How a Cannabis Store Manager Foiled Armed Robbers in Seattle Sunday Night
An alert store manager, watching his employees close shop via a live video feed, sent two armed robbers straight into the arms of the Seattle police Sunday night. The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. at the Have a Heart cannabis store in North Seattle’s sleepy Greenwood neighborhood. As employees were closing up for the night, two masked gunmen held the store’s security guard at gunpoint and forced their way into the store. The gunmen then used zip ties to restrain the two female employees before raiding the safe.
Store manager Damon Martinez described to Leafly the sinking feeling he felt as he watched the store’s surveillance cameras from home, which is standard procedure during closing operations at all eight Have a Heart locations in Washington state.
“Our security protocol is a staged exit, where security goes and does a perimeter check and lets the people inside know that it’s safe...
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