Armed Robbery of Bank Employee

(COLUMBIA, MO) -

                                   Columbia Missouri Police Department

600 East Walnut  Street  ∙  Columbia, MO  65201

            (573) 874-7652  ∙  www.GoColumbiaMo.com

       

Media Release  ~  6/24/11

          ARMED ROBBERY OF BANK EMPLOYEE

On 6/24/11 at 7:33 A.M., Officers were dispatched to an armed robbery of a female bank employee at 3100 Paris Road, Landmark Bank. The female bank employee was arriving to work and a light skinned black male came out of the bushes with a handgun.  The light skinned black male was wearing all black clothing and a mask. The light skinned black male took the female bank employee’s keys that were attached to her wallet.

The light skinned black male took off in the female victim’s vehicle heading eastbound on Mexico Gravel Road.  Officers located the female victim’s vehicle abandoned on Alpine Road at Mexico Gravel Road. The vehicle had the keys in the ignition with the wallet still attached and the vehicle still running. Officers located the suspects clothing abandoned in the tree line on Alpine at Mexico Gravel Road. The suspect was last seen running in a southbound direction from Alpine and Mexico Gravel Road.

The female victim was not injured during the robbery. The robbery occurred outside of the bank and no entry was gained. There is no further suspect description and no arrests have been made at this time.

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