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Man wearing Dodgers hat robs Wrigleyville bank

By  Jordan Owen
   
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A man wearing a Dodgers hat robbed a bank a few blocks from Wrigley Field Thursday morning. | FBI photo

A bank was robbed Thursday morning in the Wrigleyville neighborhood on the North Side.

The BMO Harris Bank branch at 3601 N. Halsted was robbed at 10:45 a.m., according to the FBI.

The suspect showed the teller a note implying he had a weapon and demanding money, according to Chicago Police. No weapon was seen.

He got away with an unknown amount of cash.

The suspect was described as a black man in his mid-30s between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot with a medium build, according to the FBI. He was wearing a blue “LA Dodgers” hat, a black zip-up jacket, blue jeans and red shoes.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the FBI’s Chicago office at (312) 421-6700.

Surveillance photo of the man who robbed a Wrigleyville bank Thursday morning. | FBI photo

Surveillance photo of the man who robbed a Wrigleyville bank Thursday morning. | FBI photo

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