Times Staff Report

GARY | Officers think they recognize the man filmed robbing the Chase Bank at Broadway and 5th Avenue on Tuesday morning, Gary police said.

The man showed the teller a note and escaped with a small sum of cash at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, Gary police Detective Keith Richardson said. The robber went into an alley, discarded his shirt and left, Richardson said. The man did not display a weapon, he said.

Police continued to seek the suspect Tuesday. Officers think they recognize the man, whose face appears on a bank video recording, Richardson said.

No one was hurt in the robbery.

Anyone with information on the robbery can call the FBI at (219) 769-3719 or the Gary police tip line at (866) 274-6347