Police search for armed suspects near WWU, Sehome High

Bellingham and Western Washington University police surrounded an area near Sehome High School and the university after a botched robbery ended with a gun going off and a man slightly injured Monday afternoon, Nov. 8.

Just after 4 p.m., the man was walking on a trail west of the high school and south of the university, near 23rd Street and Douglas Avenue, when two Asian men in their 20s accosted him.

During an ensuing fight, the victim saw one of his attackers had a handgun. It went off, and the man felt something strike his head, according to police. The suspects fled north on the trail.