Financial institution robbery suspect on the free after standoff condition at Lexington apartment sophisticated

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A bank robbery suspect is on the free in Lexington.

The theft took place Monday early morning at the 5/3 Bank on Walden Push, in the Tates Creek spot.

Law enforcement mentioned the suspect experienced a firearm and handed the staff a observe demanding money. They said the personnel complied, and the suspect fled the scene with a small sum of funds.

When we to start with arrived on the scene, all around 10:30 a.m., law enforcement ended up actively investigating the financial institution. There was a police helicopter circling overhead and K-9s hunting the area. Numerous K-9s and police models were also surrounding the church just throughout the street from the financial institution.

Soon just before midday, most of the law enforcement presence speedily moved to an condominium sophisticated on Tates Creek Street, also throughout the street from the financial institution. A lot more police units ongoing to get there and inevitably, SWAT models arrived on the scene as effectively.

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Law enforcement escorted many residents out of the region. Then, officers questioned the resident of a particular device to come out with their palms up. The standoff scenario lasted for about a few hrs right before officers designed entry into the home. Even so, no a single was identified inside.

Our reporter at the scene claims police units then remaining the area.

Folks who reside in the region explained incidents like this make them really feel unsafe and that this isn’t the 1st time police have been to the intricate.

“It helps make me experience unsafe just for the reason that I appear from a good deal of trauma in my everyday living, so for me it does not make me sense extremely safe, and it’s not just that condominium, there’s other condominium properties in this article,” neighbor Alicia Haven explained.

Any one with data about this situation is questioned to connect with Lexington Police at (859) 258-3600. Nameless guidelines can be submitted to Bluegrass Crime Stoppers by calling (859) 253-2020, online at www.bluegrasscrimestoppers.com, or by the P3 strategies application offered at www.p3guidelines.com.

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