Police search for suspects in Chase Bank robbery on city's Near West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) – Police are looking for three men who robbed a bank Tuesday on the city's Near West Side.
Around 11:32 a.m., FBI responded to a robbery at the Chase Bank located at 1225 S. Ashland Ave. The three suspects entered the bank posing as customers before displaying handguns and demanded money.
Per police radio traffic, they got away with a lot of money – to the tune of about $100,000.
CBS 2's Steven Graves reports the FBI considers all three suspects armed and dangerous after they pointed two guns in the heist. There's also a close look at one suspect dressed as a security guard.
There's a patch on one sleeve. A black hat with lettering and white gloves. The FBI pointing out this man tried to act as security. But he actually robbed the Chase Bank off Ashland and Roosevelt Tuesday round 11:00 a.m.
Two men, one in a reflective vest and another in all black with a blue backpack are believed to have helped him out. Investigators said they came in one by one, initially posing as customers and later demanded money.
Police scanner traffic details how fake security guard possibly helped get away with the about $100,000.
"I can't say that I've ever seen them before, honestly."
Bashar Shalabi owns a business two doors down. He said the bank workers were left terrified.
"A lot of it was just them shaken up really bad. They couldn't really speak. Anyone would feel scared if something like that went down."
The bank is now closed all of next week.
"Security uniform - the actual security guard was punching in the code to get in the backroom, and that's when they bum rushed her and put everybody on the floor and got to that back vault," an officer was heard saying over the scanner.
The suspects are described as three Black men, one with a medium to large build between 5'5" – 5'6" wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with a Nike logo on the front, a dark colored mask, dark pants, blue and white Jordan shoes, and carrying a blue backpack.
The second suspect is about 5'10" wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, bright orange mask, yellow reflective vest, dark colored gloves, pants, and boots. The third suspect is between 5'10'' to 6' dressed like a security guard and wore a dark-colored hat with white lettering, dark-colored mask, dark-colored shirt with patches on both sleeves, white gloves, dark-colored belt, pants, and dark work boots.
No injuries were reported.
The suspects are considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information can report tips at 312-421-6700 and tips.fbi.gov. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
