“Scream” masked suspects rob Seattle salon and customers at gunpoint – KIRO 7 News Seattle

Three suspects, all wearing “Scream” Halloween masks, robbed a salon in Seattle at gunpoint on Sunday.

Surveillance video shows that the suspects also robbed all of the customers.

Now the owner of the King Way Hair Salon speaks out, saying she wants to share the video to warn other companies if the suspects return to the area.

The robbery occurred at about 6 p.m. on Sunday at Block 6700 of Martin Luther King Jr. Way S in South Seattle.

Salon owner Jenny Nguyen says she was washing a customer’s hair when she noticed men in scream masks outside the salon.

“I told my friend in here, look outside, they look so scary in the Halloween masks,” said Nguyen.

Then all three came through the back door into the drawing room. At least one suspect immediately pulled a pistol from his hood pocket.

“Nobody moves, nobody moves!” in the video you can hear the suspect in the black hoodie screaming. Nguyen said all three suspects were men.

“Drop your wallets! Money, money, where’s the money! ”Shouted the man in the black hoodie.

“He said where you put the money, get it now. And he had his gun pointed at me, ”said Nguyen.

She said she was forced to pull the till and more money from a back room that another suspect had already discovered.

3 men in “Scream” Halloween masks robbed the King Way Hair Salon at gunpoint last night.

The salon was full of customers and suspects took all their wallets and car keys with them.

The salon owner shares this video to warn neighbors in case suspects come back – or if you can identify these men. pic.twitter.com/yPKemWJP23

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The surveillance video also shows the suspects robbing customers at gunpoint.

“Give me your handbag, give me your handbag!” Yells one suspect.

“It’s too scary, I still shiver when I think about it, I still shiver,” said Nguyen. “And I feel sorry for my customers too,” she says.

Another video clip shows the suspects leaving the salon with purses and bags in hand. Nguyen said there was a getaway car waiting for them and they drove away.

She said the suspects left people’s cell phones but took all of the car keys – and left people in the parlor.

On Monday, the salon entered security and changed doors and locks.

“We’re very, very scared, will you come back? I don’t know, ”said Amy Nguyen, a stylist.

A customer in the Monday salon, Tammy Le, owns a bakery nearby. She said two years ago the neighborhood felt safe.

“It was a lot of fun here. But not now, ”said Le.

She is hoping for more police patrols in the area.

“Just one wish – make it safer for the residents,” said Le.

Nguyen said she wanted to share the video too, in case you realize who the men are.

“We work hard all day and they come and have everything,” said Nguyen.

No one was injured in the armed attack.

Crime statistics for the South Seattle district show that crime in the area as a whole has increased compared to monthly SPD responses for 2020 and 2019.

The SPD said, given the shortage of staff, it currently has “the minimum number of officers required to patrol each district in the city,” adding that it is due to district labeling to determine whether an area needs more resources will.

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