Police Are Searching For The Man Who Robbed A Bank In Rockville Tuesday

ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County Police are searching for a man suspected of an armed bank robbery in Rockville. Police say the robbery happened in the 1100 block of Nelson Street on Tuesday around 4 p.m.

Police say the man went into the bank and showed a gun before demanding money. The employees gave it to him and the man ran from the scene. The amount of money he took is undisclosed. Both Montgomery County and Rockville police department officers responded to the call.

Police say that the suspect is a white man, roughly 5-foot-9 and thin, and was wearing a dark long sleeve jacket and black cargo pants, a ski mask and blue gloves at the time of the robbery.

Montgomery County Police are asking anyone who has information to call the Major Crimes Division at 240-773-5070.

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