Metro investigating bank robbery involving bomb threat near UNLV
Bank of America located at 4795 S. Maryland Parkway in Las Vegas is shown in this screenshot. (Google)
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a robbery Friday evening at a bank near UNLV where a man claimed he had a bomb.
Just before 5 p.m. Metro responded to reports of a robbery at a Bank of America located at 4795 S. Maryland Parkway, Metro Lt. Grant Rogers said. A man entered the bank and handed a teller a note saying he had a bomb.
The man was given an unknown amount of money and then left the scene, Rogers said. No bomb was seen.
The suspect is described as a white man with a short, thin build, Rogers said. He was last seen wearing a dark hat.
No further information was immediately available.
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