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Two arrested in U-District robbery

SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested two teenagers after a University of Washington student was held at knife-point and robbed Sunday night. Detectives are still looking for a third suspect.

Oliver Jackson, 20, was nearly home around 6 p.m. when a man approached and pressed a kitchen knife up to his stomach in the 5000 block of 8th Avenue Northeast.

"He was like, give me all your stuff and give me your backpack and then he asked for my phone. He asked me to reset it so we can't track him," Jackson said.

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Jackson handed over his backpack, which was filled with electronics.

"My first response was to fight him and then I realized that's just not going to be a good idea, I should just comply," he said. "He had the upper hand in the situation."

Jackson let the suspect get away with his backpack and then called 911.

The suspects were driving a stolen gold Ford explorer, detectives with Seattle police said. Police spotted the SUV heading towards Interstate 5 and determined it had been stolen from an incorporated King County address. Moments later, the suspect crashed the SUB into a berm along the on-ramp flattening two tires in the process.

The 18-year-old driver and 16-year-old passenger in the car were arrested, detectives said. A third suspect, the suspect in the robbery, fled from the scene.

If you have any information please call 206-684-5535 and reference this case.

While Jackson does feel safe in his neighborhood, he says the incident will make him more vigilant in the future.

"I'm just grateful that I was not stabbed," he said.