Bonney Lake Police are investigating an Oct. 23 armed robbery of a man near the Bonney Lake Library.

According to police reports, the man’s injury was minor.

Officers were dispatched to the Public Safety Building at approximately 9:50 Oct. 23 for a report of a man who told the dispatchers he’d just been robbed. When officers arrived, they noted wet blood on the top of his head and in his hair.

The victim, 19, told police he had been sitting on a bench in front of the library playing a game on his laptop when an unknown suspect wearing a bandana across his face approached him.

The victim said he did not recognize the person, who then started hitting him with a police-style baton.

The assailant is described as a white male approximately 17 to 19 years. He is approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall and has medium build. he was wearing a black hat, black coat and black pants and had a black and white bandana across his face.

The victim told police he was scared and ran from the suspect, asking what he wanted. The suspect told him he just wanted him to leave. The suspect also took the victim’s computer and power cords before fleeing the scene on foot, at which time the suspect ran to the public safety building.

The man told police he was playing video games on the bench because he is presently homeless and had been spending some nights on the bench because it is covered.

As East Pierce Fire and Rescue treated the victim for his wounds, which were minor, officers and Pierce County Deputies set up a containment perimeter around the scene. A Tacoma K-9 unit arrived to search the area with negative results.

The victim declined to be transported to the hospital for further medical attention, retrieved his remaining property from the scene and transported to his father’s residence to stay for the evening.

Police are investigating.