Police searching for suspect accused of robbing bank inside Philadelphia supermarket, officials say
FILE - A police patrol car sits in a neighborhood.
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police are searching for a suspect who they say robbed a bank inside a Shoprite Saturday morning.
Minutes before 11 a.m. police say a man walked into the Citizens Bank inside the grocery store and gave the teller a note demanding money.
Authorities say the suspect stole $975, and he was last seen going through the parking lot towards Target.
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Police describe the suspect as a 5'9" Middle Eastern man in his 30's, with a thin build, black hair, black beard, wearing a camouflage baseball hat, a blue surgical mask, a camouflage jacket, and blue latex gloves.
Anyone with information about the suspect's whereabouts is asked to contact the Philadelphia Police Department.