Metro investigating bank robbery involving bomb threat near UNLV
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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