Bank robbery on Pittsburgh’s North Side under investigation

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police are investigating a bank robbery that happened Tuesday afternoon on the North Side.

It happened at the First National Bank on East North Avenue around 12:40 p.m.

Public safety officials said a man, possibly in his 60s, walked up to the cashier’s window and slid a note toward the teller, pointed to a dark object in a plastic bag and verbally demanded she give him money.