WATCH: Washington state woman robbed at gunpoint at ATM amid crime concerns

A Washington authorities woman was stalked and robbed astatine gunpoint astatine an ATM amid a continued transgression situation raging connected the West Coast.

Surveillance video, obtained by FOX 13, showed the robbery taking spot by a Bank of America successful Parkland, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, connected Thursday, Sept. 26.

The footage captured a fig successful a skis disguise hiding successful the shadows arsenic an unsuspecting pistillate arrives astatine the slope and goes astir withdrawing wealth from the ATM. 

After the pistillate had withdrawn her money, the fishy emerged from the bushes and approached the woman, holding her up astatine gunpoint and demanding her money.

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The pistillate unfortunate was robbed astatine an ATM successful Parkland, Washington. The fishy was seen hiding successful the bushes anterior to the robbery. (FOX 13)

The Pierce County Sheriff's office said that the ski-masked fishy retreated – on with the $1,000 and the victim's passport.

"It's a random enactment of violence," Sergeant Darren Moss of the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said. 

"That makes him highly unsafe to our community," helium said. "We privation to get this idiosyncratic successful custody due to the fact that we don’t privation him to bash this to idiosyncratic else."

The fishy approached the pistillate unfortunate and robbed her, constabulary said. (FOX 13)

The ATM robbery comes aft section concern owners person voiced their continued concerns astir the transgression crisis.

Pat Callahan, the CEO of Urban Renaissance Group, told the Business Journal that portion determination has been immoderate improvement, the transgression occupation is inactive yet to beryllium solved. He claimed that galore tenants astatine his downtown spot are considering leaving the area.

"Really, what's happening present is each the fentanyl use is bringing accordant transgression to the area, and it's festering," helium said.

Violent crimes successful Seattle surged successful 2021 and 2022 aft the authorities defunded the police. (FOX 13 )

URG Executive Vice President Shawn Jackson echoed his sentiments and told the outlet that conditions person go "somewhat extreme." He revealed that 1 idiosyncratic precocious started a garbage motortruck occurrence adjacent the company's Joshua Green Building.

"These are spot harm events that hap rather frequently," helium said. "We can't fto the challenges of respective concentrated blocks successful our downtown specify our identity." 

The Space Needle stands implicit the Seattle skyline arsenic Mt. Rainier is seen successful the inheritance connected March 13, 2022 successful Seattle, Washington. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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Commercial existent property broker Tom Graff said the existent attack to transgression is not moving and is "not sustainable."

The concern leader's sentiment comes arsenic the fig of violent crimes successful downtown Seattle fell by 10% successful 2023 from 2022. It was the lowest fig since 2018.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Pierce County Sheriff for comment.

Fox News' Nikolas Lanum contributed to this report.