Beacon Hill armed robbery suspect surrenders; didn't like being on TV

SEATTLE -- Detectives say Abraham Carter-Brown surrendered to Seattle Police today.

Detectives say the felon pulled a gun on a clerk at the Valero Station on Beacon Avenue South in Seattle last Sunday.

While officers and robbery detectives were at the gas station investigating the heist, police received a 911 call from a homeowner in the 2800 block of 31 Avenue South, who reported two men had hidden money in his backyard and fled.

Officers arrived and found a stash of several hundred dollars hidden under a pile of bricks (presumably rearranged to form an X) and impounded the suspects’ Cadillac at the scene, but weren’t immediately able to find the suspects.

Several hours later, the same homeowner called 911 again and said the suspects had returned to his backyard to search for their hidden loot.

Officers quickly responded and arrested one of the suspects but say Carter-Brown is still on the run. Officers located his Cadillac they say was used as the getaway vehicle and say they found two loaded handguns during a search of the vehicle.

Police say Carter-Brown may be mentally unstable.

"When you have a guy that's not stable with a gun, that is not a good combination so let's get him off the street before he actually kills someone,” said Ret. Det. Myrle Carner with Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound.

Carter-Brown has a previous first-degree robbery conviction.