Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Oct 15, 2009

Phone: (318) 525-5066 Fax: (318) 673-6933

Contact: Cpl. Bill Goodin, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Shreveport Police looking for bank robber

Shreveport Police are looking for a man who robbed a downtown Shreveport bank this afternoon.

At approximately 1:02 p.m., patrol officers were dispatched out to the Regions Bank in the 300 block of Texas Ave. relative to a robbery. Upon arrival, officers learned that a male suspect entered the bank and gave a note to one of the tellers demanding money. The suspect was given an undisclosed amount of money and subsequently fled the scene. No one was injured during this robbery.

Police detectives are now asking for your help in locating this bank bandit. He is described as a black male approximately 6'0" to 6’2” tall. At the time of the robbery he was wearing a dark sweatshirt with white writing on it and light blue pants. The suspect apparently discarded his sweatshirt as he fled the scene of the crime and it has been recovered by officers as evidence.

Please see surveillance photos of the suspect attached to this release.

Anyone with any information regarding this suspect's identity or whereabouts is urged to call Shreveport Police Detective Richard Turpen at 318-673-6955 or CrimeStoppers at 318-673-7373.

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