Georgetown’s TD Bank Robbed in Broad Daylight

Around 1 p.m, Monday, Oct. 26, a man walked into the TD Bank at 1611 Wisconsin Ave. NW and presented a note to the teller asking for money. The bank employee complied and gave him a bag of cash. The man then left the bank and opened the bag on the sidewalk near the bank, according to eyewitnesses. Ink packs in the bag —known as “funny money” — exploded, and the man ran off.

The suspect is described by the Metropolitan Police Department as a 45-year-old bald black male, who was wearing a red shirt and black baggy pants.

MPD tweeted around 2 p.m.: “Robbery of an establishment 1600 blk of Wisconsin Ave NW. lof: b/m, 45 yoa, bald, wearing red shirt, blk baggy pants.”

Police cordoned off the area around the bank, which has a parking lot and is just north of the Georgetown Exxon.

One observer at a business across Wisconsin Avenue from the bank quipped, “We’re looking for the man with purple ink.”