Man Robs Midtown Citibank Branch, Police Say

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man who robbed a Midtown Manhattan bank Monday, police said.

The man entered a Citibank branch on the corner of Madison Avenue and East 42nd Street around 1 p.m. Monday and approached a bank teller, police said. The man then slipped the teller a note claiming that he had a gun and demanding money, police said.

The bank teller complied with the man's demands and handed him an unknown amount of cash, police said. After the robbery, the man fled the bank heading west on 42nd Street.

Police describe the suspect as a man in his 40s or 50s who stands about 6-foot-1 and weighs about 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing black knit cap, a gray coat and dark colored pants, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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