A school in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was placed in lockdown on Monday afternoon as police searched the area following a robbery at a nearby bank.
Tewksbury police said around 2 p.m. that they are investigating a reported robbery at the Salem Five Bank on Main Street. The Trahan Elementary School has been placed into lockdown as a precaution.
The robbery suspect passed a note to the teller demanding cash, according to police. No one was hurt, though the suspect remains at large.
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The suspect is described as around 40 years old and was wearing a black jacket, gray baseball cap, glasses and a surgical style mask. He was last seen on foot on Main Street near March Street.
Anyone with information is asked to call Tewksbury police at 978-851-7373 or the anonymous tip line at 978-851-0175.
No further details were immediately available.
