Redmond police responded to two robberies on Sunday night about four miles away from each other, about 26 minutes apart and involving suspects with similar descriptions. Seventeen units — including three K-9 units — were called to the scenes.

At about 9:15 p.m., a woman called police from a Safeway at 15000 N.E. 24th St. after she was robbed at a nearby Key Bank.

A male suspect “approached the woman and demand she give him her purse,” said Janessa Rosick, public information coordinator for the Redmond Police Department. The victim handed off her purse, which contained her medication and jewelry, while some other items fell to the ground.

The suspect, described as white or Hispanic with dark hair, a thin build and wearing black clothing with a black bandana covering his face, fled in a two-door pickup truck believed to be green.

Rosick noted that the victim said the suspect appeared to have something — possibly a weapon — under his coat. The victim wasn’t injured in the incident.

While police were interviewing the victim, a call went out at about 9:41 p.m. of possible shots fired at the Matador restaurant at 7824 Leary Way N.E. downtown.

Rosick said a white male in his 20s or 30s, also wearing black clothing with a black bandana over his face, pointed a gun at two women in the Matador parking lot.

The suspect demanded that one of the victim’s hand over her purse.

“At that point, it became chaotic and the victims ran in different directions,” said Rosick, adding that one woman thought her friend may have been shot. There were no shots fired, Rosick noted. The only injury was one of the victims tearing her hamstring while running to seek help.

During the second robbery, one victim threw her purse and keys the suspect’s way, he took her wallet and fled on foot southbound on Leary. One witness standing on his balcony said he heard the commotion and saw a man get into a light-colored Sedan, which drove up Northeast 76th Street.

There were no police chases in either incident.

Rosick said police were following up with Matador owners on Monday morning and were looking into watching surveillance footage from Safeway and Key Bank.