Bloomfield State Bank robbed Monday

A bank robbery occurred 2:08 p.m. Monday at Bloomfield State Bank on 1301 N. Walnut Street by a man with a black handgun.

Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada said the suspect pointed the gun at the two bank tellers and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

He was wearing a dark, possibly brown zip-up sweatshirt with dark pants, a baseball cap, a hood and some sort of material concealing his face. He left the bank through the front door and went south toward College Street.

No bank customers were in the building during the time of the robbery and bank tellers were not injured, Canada said.

A K-9 unit was brought onto the scene to track the suspect, but lost his trail somewhere around the CVS located on College Avenue.

Because a firearm was involved, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified and also arrived on the scene with BPD Detectives. BPD Det. Rob Schrake is handling the investigation.