Shot Fired In Bellingham Robbery; Police Searching For 2 Men

Bellingham police are looking for two men they said shot a man during a robbery Monday evening and were involved in an earlier robbery on Monday, police said.

The victim in the later robbery and shooting, a Western Washington University student, was stopped by the two men on a trail near the intersection of 25th Street and Bill McDonald Parkway in Bellingham, police said. The men tried to steal the victim's backpack and some sort of altercation ensued, police said. The victim was shot and a bullet grazed his neck, police said.