A man who allegedly stabbed a customer Tuesday while robbing a Vancouver credit union was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder and first-degree robbery.
Detectives with the Vancouver Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested suspect Timar A. Degraffe and booked the 24-year-old into the Clark County Jail.
On Tuesday afternoon, a man walked into iQ Credit Union at 7017 N.E. Vancouver Mall Drive, demanded money and got an undisclosed amount of cash. When a customer tried to intervene, the man stabbed the customer in the stomach with a large knife.
The robber reportedly took a cab to Applebee’s on Northeast 112th Avenue near state Highway 500, where he continued to flee on foot, according to emergency radio traffic.