A man wearing construction clothes and a white mask robbed a bank near Gallery Place late Friday morning and was taken into custody while trying to make a getaway through the Third Street Tunnel, D.C. police said. Traffic in the southbound lanes of the busy tunnel were closed as police apprehended the suspect about 11:30 a.m. It was not immediately clear whether the man was on foot or in a vehicle. D.C. police said the robbery occurred about 11:10 a.m. at the PNC Bank branch in the 800 block of Seventh Street NW, the heart of a normally crowded shopping district. The suspect’s name was not immediately released pending the filing of charges.

Source: Washington Post August 26, 2016 16:08 UTC