Updated at 8:53 a.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Deputies this morning are looking for a man who barged into a Rochester home, bound two women and robbed them at gunpoint.
“When he went out the door, he stole the woman’s car and fled,” Thurston County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Greg Elwin said.
The 2006 black Toyota Scion was found within the past hour near Southwest 180th and Apricot Street, Elwin said.
The women were uninjured.
Elsin said deputies responded to a 911 call about 12:53 a.m. today at the 10,900 block of U.S. Highway 12.
“What we determined is sometime before that, a female resident and her guest were home and someone knocked on the door,” Elwin said.
The houseguest opened it and a man forced them back and bound them with zip ties, he said.
He was described as a “big guy” about 240 pounds and 6-feet 3-inches tall, he said. He was white, but had a mask disguising his face, he said.
He took a purse, a laptop computer and jewelry, and then the car, Elwin said.
A 3-year-old girl who was in the house slept through it, according to Elwin.
Elwin said they don’t have a suspect, but because of the rural nature of the area, they think there might be a connection between the victims and the robber.