Less than a month after a Columbia City sandwich shop was robbed at knife-point, Seattle Police Department (SPD) is investigating the armed robbery of another business in Columbia City.

SPD spokesman Mark Jamieson said it was about 10:40 a.m. today when South Precinct officers responded to the call of an armed robbery to a business in the 4800 block of Rainier Avenue South between South Angeline Street and South Edmunds Street.

"According to the victim," wrote Jamieson, "an unknown black male, early 20′s, approximately 5′ 09″ tall, medium build, wearing a baseball cap, black t-shirt, and black shorts walked into a store and approached the clerk [and] asked for change for a dollar bill."

When the clerk opened the till to get the change, the suspect pulled out a handgun and pointed it at her before grabbing money from the open till and fleeing southbound on Rainier Avenue South. 

A subsequent area search proved unsuccessful and the suspect remains at-large.

Seattle Police say that a group of men opened fire on the home of a medical marijuana grower in the Rainier Valley Saturday night after the victim refused to sell them drugs without a prescription.

According to Seattle Police Department spokesman Jonah Spangenthal-Lee, it was about 11:30 p.m. on April 28, when three men knocked on the door of the victim’s home near 54th Avenue South and South Roxbury Street—where he operates a medical marijuana grow and dispensary—and asked if they could buy some marijuana.

"The victim spoke with the suspects through the front door of the home, and discovered none of the men had a doctor’s note allowing them to legally purchase prescription pot," wrote Spangenthal-Lee. "When the victim told the suspects he could not sell them marijuana, one of the suspects tried to force his way through the victim’s front door and was met with a blast of pepper spray from the victim."

In response, one of the suspects fired several bullets into the victim’s front door before the group fled.

The victim was not injured in the shooting.

Gang Unit detectives are investigating the case.

Seattle Police say that a man was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint recently while walking in the area of 34th Avenue South and South Oregon Street.

According to Seattle Police Department (SPD) spokesman Jeff Kappel, it was about 10:45 p.m. on Fri., April 27th when at least two suspects came up behind the victim, who was carrying two bags, and pushed him to the ground.

"One suspect pushed a silver pistol into the victim’s face while the suspects demanded the victim hand over his property," wrote Kappel. "The suspects grabbed the victim’s bags and ran off (the bags contained newly upholstered bar stool cushions)."

The victim sustained minor injuries.

An extensive area search, including K-9, was unsuccessful and the suspects - described as black males, 17 to 19 years old, wearing black hoodies pulled up over their heads - remain at large.

Anyone with information about this incident or who may know the identities or whereabouts of any of the involved suspects is asked to call 911 or Seattle Police and refer to this incident. Anonymous tips are welcome.