Olympia Texaco station robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning

Police are searching for a man who robbed a west Olympia Texaco station at gunpoint on early Friday.

Lt. Paul Lower with the Olympia Police Department said police were dispatched at about 3:45 a.m. Friday to the 2000 block of Harrison Avenue NW. Police were told a man had displayed a handgun and demanded money.

An employee gave the suspect money and the suspect left the store. Lower said multiple units arrived and set up a perimeter to find the man, but he was still at large hours later.

The suspect is described as being about 5-foot-9 and wearing a mask over his face with a beanie-style hat and a zip-up hoodie. Lower said anyone with information on the suspect should call OPD at 360-753-8300.

This story was originally published May 20, 2022 at 9:07 AM.

Ty Vinson

The Olympian

360-357-0201

Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription