Elderly couple robbed at gunpoint while walking in Point Defiance Park
Tacoma police are looking for an armed man who robbed an elderly couple as they walked on a trail at Point Defiance Park.
The holdup occurred about 1:40 p.m. Wednesday about a half mile into the trail from the Rhododendron Garden.
As the victims were walking, a man holding a handgun approached them.
“He robbed this couple of their credit cards and phone and ran off,” police spokeswoman Wendy Haddow said.
The victims were not injured.
A passerby on the trail called 911 after discovering what happened.
The robber was described as black or Latino, in his 20s, about 5-feet-7 and thin. He was wearing a black baseball cap, black hooded sweatshirt and black pants.
There have been no other recent reported robberies in the park.
This story was originally published February 7, 2020 at 12:53 PM.
