BS BULLETIN:

• Masked thieves smashed a pickup truck through the front of a Washington jewelry store in broad daylight, with at least one suspect apparently carrying an axe.
• The store owner opened fire, sending the would-be robbers scrambling for the exits without taking any merchandise.
• Police are searching for the suspects, who escaped in two vehicles after leaving their wrecked pickup behind.

The plan seemed simple enough.

Drive a pickup truck through the front of a jewelry store. Rush inside with an axe. Grab the valuables. Make a quick getaway.

There was just one problem.

Nobody apparently bothered to ask whether the jewelry store owner had a gun. And judging by the surveillance video, that little oversight turned a carefully planned smash-and-grab into an exceptionally expensive trip to the mall.

The attempted robbery unfolded shortly after 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at Medina Jewelers in Lynnwood, Washington. Police say three vehicles were spotted circling the parking lot before a white Toyota Tacoma suddenly accelerated straight into the storefront. The truck smashed through the glass entrance, sending debris flying as employees scrambled to safety.

Then came the masked suspects. At least one appeared to be carrying an axe as the group charged through the wreckage, apparently expecting to make off with the store’s jewelry.

Instead, they encountered the owner. And he was armed.

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Surveillance footage shows the man drawing his firearm and opening fire as the intruders scramble back toward the demolished entrance. Just like that, the shopping spree was over.

No diamonds. No watches. No necklaces. Not even a complimentary polishing cloth.

The suspects fled without taking any merchandise, abandoning the pickup that had just turned the storefront into a construction project. Police said no injuries were reported at the scene, although investigators were still trying to determine whether any of the fleeing suspects had been struck by gunfire.

According to the Lynnwood Police Department, the suspects escaped in a black BMW SUV and a silver sedan believed to be a Toyota or Infiniti. The BMW reportedly struck a parked vehicle during the getaway and may have sustained damage to its front passenger side.

So let’s review the alleged criminal business model. One pickup truck sacrificed. One jewelry store demolished. One getaway vehicle damaged. Zero jewelry acquired.

Police Cmdr. Joe Dickenson told FOX 13 Seattle the brazen daylight attack was unusual for the community. “It was broad daylight and a pretty rare occurrence for us,” Dickenson said.

But the danger extended well beyond the jewelry store.

“You had several witnesses that were out and about, several pedestrians walking around, all of a sudden a car crashing into a building and shots ringing out is cause for alarm,” he explained.

And that’s the part that shouldn’t get lost in the extraordinary surveillance footage. The suspects allegedly drove a vehicle directly into an occupied business in the middle of the day. Employees, customers, and innocent bystanders could have been seriously injured or killed. Police are now asking the public to help identify the suspects and their getaway vehicles.

Investigators have not announced arrests, and the circumstances surrounding the gunfire remain under investigation.

DBS WIRE SOURCES:

• Fox News — Washington jewelry store owner opens fire after would-be thieves ram truck through storefront
• FOX 13 Seattle — Employee shoots at suspects during attempted armed robbery
• KING 5 — Employee fires at suspects during attempted robbery at Lynnwood jewelry store
• Lynnwood Police Department — Official armed robbery investigation statement
• Lynnwood Times — Suspects ram storefront of Medina Jewelers, shots fired