Dashcam Video Shows Suspect Opening Fire On Cops After Chase

“Top Notch” is in custody. Detectives investigating the robbery believe that the suspect is in fact the “Top Notch” robber and that he is responsible for at least two bank robberies and three commercial robberies. The suspect is the same man pictured in this previously published Blotter post (https://goo.gl/e3gmbd, https://goo.gl/cXrC5G). Detectives continue to work with local, state and federal partners to determine if this suspect is wanted for any other crimes in our region.
-A suspected armed robber was arrested Friday afternoon after he held up a man at gunpoint on Rainier Avenue and later fired a shot at officers as they pursued him through the Central District. Just before 1 PM, police received a report of an armed robbery in the 3300 block of Rainier Avenue South, where the suspect had reportedly brandished a handgun and taken another man’s cellphone. The suspect pistol-whipped the victim and one shot was fired during the incident. No one was hit. The suspect fled the scene in a silver Volkswagen Jetta*.