Three Evergreen schools were briefly locked down Monday afternoon while police searched for an armed robber in the Cascade Park area.
The robber, armed with a handgun, approached a woman in a parking lot near Southeast 131st Avenue and Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard at about 1:45 p.m., according to Vancouver Police spokeswoman Kim Kapp. He stole some money she was carrying, then fled.
The suspect was described as a clean-shaven man with dark skin, about 6 feet tall, wearing a dark hooded jacket, dark pants and a baseball cap. Police searched the area with a police dog for about an hour, but did not find him.
The shopping center where the robbery occurred, Columbia Square, includes several businesses such as Chuck’s Produce & Street Market and at least two banks. Kapp said it’s possible one of the local businesses has surveillance footage.
