PORT ANGELES — Police on Tuesday night were looking for a man who showed a barista at Just Rewards Espresso, 1001-A E. First St., a gun and took off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Witnesses said that the robber was in his 40s to 50s, had gray hair and was wearing a fake beard, a blue baseball cap and a tan jacket, said Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith.
“He displayed a handgun, and then he took only cash,” at about 7 p.m., Smith said.
“We aren’t going to disclose how much.”
Port Angeles officers, along with help from the U.S. Border Patrol and Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, created a perimeter of a 1-mile radius around the drive-through espresso stand.
They searched within that area for the robber.
“We have officers speaking with several people who fit the description of witnesses to see if we can rule them out or not,” Smith said at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Police had not yet arrested a suspect late Tuesday night.
The Port Angeles Police Department also had police dogs and their handlers searching for the man.
The police activated a reverse 9-1-1 system to area businesses in which a recorded message was phoned into the businesses alerting them to the situation.
“Some of them that had already closed will probably get that message in the morning,” Smith said Tuesday night.