Update: Bank of America robbed on Monday afternoon

The Bank of America located at 8921 Santa Monica Blvd. was robbed on Monday afternoon.    The suspect left the bank at approximately 2:30 pm and proceeded east where he was apprehended in front of the BlockParty store two blocks east.    An eyewitness stated that approximately six officers from the  Los Angeles County Sheriff department tackled the suspect after using a taser on the suspect.   

An employee at Bank of America told WEHOonline that the suspect stood on line with other customers to see the next teller.    The robber approached the teller with a note that stated “give me $500, and that he has a gun”.   The teller gave the male suspect the money who then left the bank walking east on Santa Monica Blvd. before being tackled by a member of the LASD.    

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A man was detained at gunpoint Monday afternoon following reports of a robbery near the Bank of America on Santa Monica Boulevard. According to a timeline on the Citizen app, West Hollywood deputies responded to a 911 call shortly before 2:30 p.m. and confronted the suspect outside the sheriff’s station, which sits across the street from the bank. The man fled on foot and was apprehended at the corner of Santa Monica and Larrabee, where deputies wrestled him to the ground.

Firefighters and EMS also responded to the scene. Witnesses reported that an ambulance arrived but left without transporting anyone. The suspect was taken into the nearby station, and officers were later seen collecting his belongings from the sidewalk.