Police Search For Armed Robber In Ballard

Police are looking for a robber who held up a Walgreens drug store in Ballard Tuesday morning.

The robber wore a scarf and showed a silver pistol, then took prescription drugs and fled from the store at 15th Avenue Northwest and Northwest Market Street at about 6:45 a.m., police said.

No shots were fired and no one was hurt.

Police swarmed the area to search for the man. Officers surrounded the area while a K-9 conducted a search of the neighborhood, police said.

Police said the robber is 5 feet 10 inches tall, and was wearing a grey scarf, black hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants. He was carrying a black backpack.