FBI seeks man who displayed gun during suburban bank robbery

Bank surveillance images show the robber displaying a gun, left, and reaching for a bundle of cash. (FBI)

The FBI is searching for a man who displayed a handgun while robbing a bank branch in St. Charles on Saturday afternoon.

The robbery occurred at the U.S. Bank located at 135 Smith Road around 12:05 p.m. on November 8. The FBI said the man entered the branch, verbally demanded money from employees, and showed a handgun before fleeing the scene on foot. No physical injuries were reported.

The suspect is described as a Black man in his 40s with an athletic build, about six feet tall. At the time of the robbery, he wore a camouflage-patterned hoodie, a navy blue Chicago Bears hat, dark sunglasses, a dark medical-style face mask, and carried a dark cross-body bag.

Anyone with information about the robbery or the suspect’s identity is asked to contact the FBI’s Chicago Field Office at 312-421-6700 or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.

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