Suspect dressed in construction outfit robs bank few blocks away from White House: police

The Metropolitan Police Department continues to investigate a bank robbery just a few blocks away from The White House. 

Suspect dressed in construction outfit robs bank few blocks away from White House: police

Police responded to the area of the 1700 block of K Street Northwest around 9:25 a.m. for the report of a bank robbery at Capital One Bank.

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The suspect is described as a Black male, wearing a white hat, construction outfit, and carrying a blue bag. He fled the scene with an unknown amount of money and remains at large. 

Photo via Metropolitan Police Department

Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to contact police. 

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