Seattle police are investigating a series of armed robberies around Seattle.

The most recent incident occurred Just after 1:00 a.m. this morning, when three men approached a group of four people sitting on a park bench in Magnolia and asked if they had any weed. The three men then pulled out handguns and and robbed the four park-goers, patting them down before fleeing on foot. Police responded to the scene but were unable to locate the robbers. The victims told police one of the men was wearing a red bandanna over his face.

Police also say two people were robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday morning near Greenlake, and SPD is also investigating another armed robbery which happened early Monday morning at a bus stop near NE 125th and 15th NE.

Officers also arrested two men on Sunday night after, police say, they robbed, assaulted, and threatened at least two people in the University District.

Police have not said whether any of the robberies are related.

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