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Investigators looking for 2 bank robbers; surveillance photo released

PITTSBURGH — Police have released a surveillance photo of one of the two men they said robbed a downtown bank Thursday afternoon.

Authorities said officers were called to the First National Bank on Wyoming Street just after 2 p.m. Thursday for the report of a robbery.

According to police, a security guard said two men entered the bank in black clothing, and one of the men approached him with a gun and forced him to the ground.

The guard told police that the man robbed him of his money.

Investigators said the other man went to a bank teller and demanded money. The teller complied and put an undisclosed amount of cash in a bag.

The men then ran from the bank.

The first suspect is described as a black man standing about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds. He was wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, a black jacket, black pants, a black ski mask and black gloves.

The second suspect is described as a black man standing about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing about 160 pounds. He was also wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt and black jeans.

Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact police.

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