PD: Bank customer robbed at Scottsdale Wells Fargo walk up ATM

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Police say the suspect robbed a woman at an ATM outside a Wells Fargo bank.
Photographer: Courtesy: Scottsdale Police Department
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Posted: 02/21/2013

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Scottsdale police are investigating after a bank customer was robbed at an ATM Thursday.

According to Officer David Pubins, the robbery happened around 7:45 a.m. at a Wells Fargo bank at Scottsdale and McDowell roads.

Police say the female victim was withdrawing money from an outside walk up ATM when the suspect walked up, showed a handgun and took the money as it was coming out of the machine.

The suspect left the scene of foot.

Police are now searching for a man described as Hispanic, 6 feet tall with a medium build, wearing a black hoodie, light to medium blue bandana and blue pants.

No one was injured during the robbery.

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