FBI investigates Reno bank robbery
Customers are turned away from the Bank of America on Seventh Street and McCarran Boulevard after the bank was robbed on Friday.
A Bank of America office in northwest Reno was robbed Friday afternoon.
The bank at 4998 W. Seventh St. was robbed about noon after a man walked in demanding money, Reno police Sgt. Rick Ayala said.
“(The teller) gave a nonspecified amount of money, and he fled the area,” Ayala said.
The robber was between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10 and wearing a long-sleeve shirt, green jacket and jeans.
Police are investigating the robbery with the FBI.
Witness can call the FBI at 825-6600 or Secret Witness at 322-4900.
This article originally appeared in Reno Gazette-Journal.
