UPDATE:
Bellingham Police are investigating after an older man was found with a head wound along Bill McDonald Parkway near Sehome High School Wednesday morning.
Lieutenant Claudia Murphy says officers were given a brief description of what happened to the man and of a possible suspect.
No person matching the description was found in the area.
Officers then interviewed the man at the hospital and received “additional and different” information about how the man was injured.
Western Washington University’s Alert system initially reported the incident as a robbery and assault.
But Lt. Murphy says officers can’t confirm that and an investigation continues.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Bellingham Police are looking for a suspect in an attempted strong arm robbery and assault in the Sehome Arboretum Wednesday morning.
A Western Washington University Crime Alert reports a 71-year-old man was walking in woods near the top of the arboretum when another man approached him and demanded money.
The victim says the man threw rocks at him when he refused, hitting him in the head.
Paramedics treated the victim at the scene.
The suspect is described as white with brown hair and wearing a red bandanna.