By Kim Minugh
kminugh@sacbee.com
Sacramento police are still searching for a man suspected of robbing a Bank of America at gunpoint this morning, according to authorities.
The robbery has police particularly concerned, said Sgt. Norm Leong, because the suspect (see photo) was "confrontational," holding an employee at gunpoint and ordering people inside the bank to the ground.
The suspect was described as a Hispanic male about 25 years old, clean shaven with long sideburns. He was wearing a dark or royal blue hooded pullover sweatshirt with a white emblem on the left chest area and black jeans.
About 9:30 a.m., police responded to the Bank of America on the 8300 block of Folsom Boulevard, near Granite Park, after callers reported people lying on the ground inside the bank, Leong said.
Officers quickly determined a robbery had taken place. Witnesses reported that a man armed with a gun grabbed an employee, entered the bank and demanded money, Leong said. He then took the employee's car keys and fled in the employee's car, Leong said.
The car was found abandoned nearby, at Occidental Drive and Great Falls Way. Police K9s tracked the suspect's scent to an apartment complex, but then lost the scent, Leong said.
Leong said part of the robbery was caught on surveillance video and some of that video likely will be released to the public later.
"It was a unique robbery in that it was a takeover," Leong said. Typically, bank robbers are more "discreet" and demand money by passing notes to tellers, he said.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP.
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