UPDATE, 6:20 p.m.: Eureka Police Department press release:

On 04/23/15, at about 2:44 PM, the branch manager for a bank on the 2900 block of F Street phoned the Eureka Police Department’s dispatch center and advised their bank had just been robbed. No weapon was displayed and an undisclosed amount of cash was taken.

The suspect was last seen fleeing on foot southbound on “F” Street at about Harris Street. He was described as a medium complected male, about 6’ tall, wearing a camo boonie style hat, blue or black hooded sweatshirt with “Squishy” across the front, and blue jeans.

Officers checked the area but were unable to locate the suspect. Investigators with EPD’s Criminal Investigation Services responded to the scene and are currently investigating the robbery.

Anyone with information concerning this investigation and the suspect’s identification is asked to call EPD at (707) 441-4373 or 441-4044.

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UPDATE, 4:03 p.m.: EPD spokesperson Brittany Powell said that the suspect is a white or Hispanic man, probably in his 30s, about 6 feet tall, wearing the items seen in the pictures below — a camouflage hat. jeans and a sweatshirt that reads “squishy.”

Powell just posted the following video, which investigators shot of the bank’s surveillance system:

 

Posted by Eureka Police Department on Thursday, April 23, 2015

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The U.S. Bank branch in Henderson Center was robbed just before 3 p.m. today, according to the Eureka Police Department.

The EPD’s Captain Steve Watson tweeted out the following photos of the suspect in the crime. According to the Times-Standard, the man claimed to be armed in a note handed to a teller, although witnesses never saw a weapon.

We’ll update this post shortly.