\u00a0Corpus Christi bank at gunpoint last week.<\/a><\/p>\nFederal Bureau of Investigation Agent Connor Hagan told 3NEWS on Wednesday that the suspect, dubbed the \u201cHigh-Vis Heister,\u201d is wanted in connection with an armed robbery at an American Bank branch on South Alameda Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The robbery happened around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to investigators, the suspect entered the bank, threw a bag toward a teller, displayed a black handgun and verbally demanded cash. Fearing for her life, the teller handed over an undisclosed amount of money, according to the FBI.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Authorities said the suspect then fled the bank on foot, entered a dark-colored SUV and was last seen driving south on Everhart Road. No one was physically injured during the robbery, according to the FBI.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his early 30s to early 40s, about 5 feet 9 inches tall with a medium build.<\/p>\n
During the robbery, investigators said the man was wearing a camouflage-colored Hooey baseball cap, dark sunglasses, a ski mask, a long-sleeved black shirt, dark pants, cowboy boots, one black Hardy glove and a fluorescent high-visibility safety vest.<\/p>\n
The FBI has released photographs of the suspect, which are also posted on FBI Houston\u2019s social media accounts.<\/p>\n
Authorities urge anyone with information to contact law enforcement immediately. Tips can be left anonymously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nWhere to call: <\/p>\n
FBI (nationwide tip line): 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324)<\/p>\n
FBI online tips: tips.fbi.gov<\/p>\n
Corpus Christi Police Department (non-emergency): (361) 886-2600<\/p>\n
Nueces County Sheriff\u2019s Office: (361) 887-2231<\/p>\n
Crime Stoppers (anonymous tips): 888-TIPS (8477)<\/p>\n
Anyone who believes they see the suspect or has information about the robbery is urged to call 911 immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FBI and Corpus Christi police are searching for a suspect dubbed the \u201cHigh-Vis Heister\u201d after an armed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-151138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}