Crime & Safety

Bank Robber Walks Away Empty-Handed In Colorado Springs

A man demanded money at a US Bank branch Sunday, but fled when the teller refused to hand it over.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- A robber was foiled Sunday in Colorado Springs, when he left a bank branch empty handed. Around 3:50 p.m., a man walked into the US Bank branch in the 800 block of Cheyenne Meadows Road and demanded money, a statement from Colorado Springs police said.

"After he did not receive any [money], he fled eastbound on foot," the police said.

The investigation is open. No photographs of the man were released.

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