A man walked up to an employee, handed over a note demanding money, and implied he was carrying a weapon in a Broadway bank robbery reported late Thursday afternoon.
Police cleared the area at gunpoint including the Domino’s neighboring the Chase bank in the 1400 block of Broadway at Pike and began a search for the suspect in the just before 4:30 PM hold-up.
According to East Precinct radio reports, the suspect was described as a black male in his mid to late 20s, wearing a surgical mask with his hood pulled up to cover much of his face. The suspect reportedly told a bank employee he was carrying a gun.
The suspect was last seen fleeing the area on foot. There were not an immediate arrest.
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Hey where are all the people who wanted to shut down the pot shop that got robbed!? Don’t you want to shut down this bank too? Seems pretty dangerous!