A gunman held up Liberty State Bank in Liberty this morning (Wednesday) taking an undisclosed amount of cash.
Sheriff Patrick Ray told WJLE that someone, believed to be a man, ran into the bank shortly after 8:00 a.m., approached a female teller, and displayed a weapon. The teller complied with the robber’s demands and the gunman fled the bank with cash. No one was injured.
Another person in the bank at the time witnessed the crime and called authorities at 8:07 a.m.. The robber appeared to be a white male, five feet, six inches to five feet, ten inches in height, wearing a black jacket with a hoodie on it.
A deputy was on the scene within five minutes of the initial call. Alexandria Police Chief Chris Russell responded to assist.
The case remains under investigation by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI.
Investigators initially thought the robber to be wearing a red jacket based on a photo taken from the bank’s camera system. But that photo proved to be of poor quality. Another better quality photo showed the gunman to actually be wearing a black jacket and black hood.
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