Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Nov 09, 2009

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

Contact: Cpl. Bill Goodin, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Police looking for bank robber

Shreveport Police are looking for a man who robbed a mid-city bank this afternoon.

At approximately 2:48 p.m., patrol officers were dispatched out to the Capitol One Bank in the 800 block of Jordan St. 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 wearing a gray colored shirt, blue jeans, white shoes and a black baseball cap with the letter "G " on the front.

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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