The Taiwanese Association of Greater Seattle is offering a $6,000 reward for information resulting in arrest in the death of Michael Wang, a Shoreline resident who was killed in a hit-and-run while bicycling home from work last July.

“Our organization was saddened by Michael’s death,” association board member John Chou said in a press release. “We just wanted to do something to bring awareness to the case and generate leads.”

The Taiwanese Association of Greater Seattle set a goal of $2,000 for the reward but tripled that with donations from its members and people of Taiwanese descent around the country, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Wang, whose father is a member of the association, was riding north in the bike lane along Dexter Avenue North after leaving work in South Lake Union. According to a witness, an SUV hit Wang when it tried to turn left from Dexter onto Thomas Street.

Police are continuing to investigate the case. Anyone with information can call Det. Bacon at 206.684.8932.

An Amber Alert ended Thursday with two young girls found safe, but their father is in critical condition Friday and their mother is still on the run.

The couple's 7- and 3-year-old daughters are still in protective custody after Doreen Starrish dropped them off with a relative. She then ran off after allegedly stabbing her ex at his home NE 190th Street.

The father and mother appear to have a troubled past. Court records show stabbing victim Aaron Smith has a history of assault, including an alleged attack on Starrish last August in which he's accused of hitting her legs while she slept on the couch.

Police say they received a 911 call and in the background heard "...a female yelling, 'Aaron, stop hitting me. You have a warrant. You're going to jail.' "

But once police arrested Smith, they say she became uncooperative, that "...Starrish refused to allow officers to photograph her injuries, refused to give a statement and recanted her accusation."

A man suspected in a bank robbery in Kirkland on Thursday morning may be connected to four others in the region, the FBI says.

The latest robbery happened at the KeyBank on Juanita Drive around 9:30 a.m. He showed a note to a teller indicating that he had a weapon on him. After getting an unknown amount of money, he fled the bank.

Ayn Sandalo Dietrich with the FBI said that the description of the suspect in the Kirkland robbery was very similar to four other bank robberies in the area. The first was in January in Shoreline, with robberies happening once a month since.

The four robberies that the man is now a suspect in are:

• January 10 - Opus Bank, Shoreline
• February 13 - KeyBank, Bellevue
• March 20 - Union Bank, Bothell
• April 19 - Bank of Washington, Lynnwood

The suspect is described as a white man in his late 30s to early 40s, between 5-10 and 6-0 tall, between 150-180 pounds and with a medium build.