SUNNYSIDE -- Police were searching for a woman who robbed a bank in Sunnyside at gunpoint Friday morning.
The woman walked into Banner Bank on the 900 block of Edison Avenue at 11:30 a.m. wearing black sweatpants, a black sweatshirt, a blue bandana, black gloves and a yellow surgical mask, police said.
She handed a note to a teller demanding money, displayed a firearm and left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
The suspect was described as Hispanic, 5-foot-5 and between 120 and 130 pounds.
The FBI is assisting Sunnyside police with the investigation. Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call police at 509-836-6200.
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