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January 16, 2013 at 12:54 PM

Seattle police hunt for armed Magnolia bank robber

Magnolia bank robber. (Seattle police photo)

Seattle police are looking for this man after he robbed a Magnolia bank at gunpoint this morning.

The man, dressed in a yellow jacket, mask and sunglasses, walked into the U.S. Bank branch on 31st Avenue and West McGraw Street just after 11 a.m., brandished a gun and ordered customers and bank employees to get on the floor.

The man left the bank with a bag of cash.

Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the Police Department’s Robbery Unit at (206) 684-5535.

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