DENVER — The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office evacuated businesses and called in the bomb squad after a bank robbery off Smoky Hill Road in Arapahoe County.
Authorities said a suspect robbed a Key Bank, located at 20290 East Smoky Hill Road, Tuesday morning and took off.
Deputies were searching the area for the suspect and evacuated the bank and surrounding businesses.
The bomb squad was also on scene after the suspect left some kind of device in the bank, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff's office later said the device was not an explosive and was rendered safe.
The suspect is described as a white male standing around 6 feet tall with a thin build wearing a dark hoodie and gray cargo pants.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Officesaid he was carrying a blue Walmart bag and fled in a tan 2000's model Honda Accord.
Smokey Hill Road was closed at Picadilly Street but has since reopened.
#UPDATE: Suspect left a device in the bank, ACSO bomb squad is examining. Suspect is a white male, 6', thin build, wearing dark gray or black hoodie, gray cargo pants, white shoes, mask, carrying a blue Walmart bag. Drove away in an early 2000's tan Honda Accord. Call 911 w/info. https://t.co/b7jgdQUtXr pic.twitter.com/3LcQUbHzeG
— Arapahoe Sheriff (@ArapahoeSO) February 21, 2023
