Armored car employee shot outside Balch Springs bank

No suspect found yet in Balch Springs bank robbery

The FBI and Balch Springs police are still looking for a suspect who robbed a bank and left an employee in the hospital Wednesday morning. FOX 4's Amelia Jones has more.

BALCH SPRINGS, Texas - Balch Springs police and the FBI are investigating a robbery and shooting on Wednesday morning outside a bank.

What we know:

The shooting happened around 8:30 a.m. outside the Chase Bank on Lake June Road, just southeast of Dallas.

Balch Springs Police Chief Brent Hurley said a man who appears to be the employee of a local armored car company was found with critical injuries in the parking lot. He was taken to the hospital and remains in critical condition.

FBI investigating bank robbery in Balch Springs

An armored car employee was shot and critically injured in a robbery outside a bank in Balch Springs on Wednesday. FOX 4's Vania Castillo has more on the FBI being involved in the investigation.

The suspect fled the scene and got away with an undetermined amount of cash. It's not clear if the suspect escaped in a car or by foot.

The FBI will take the lead on the investigation because the case involves an armored car robbery and a shooting, which the FBI said meets the threshold for a federal violent crime.

Chase Bank told FOX 4 the branch location will be closed on Thursday.

What they're saying:

"Unfortunately, yet again, we are here at the scene of a violent act involving an armored car employee or a bank. It’s all too familiar that we see in Dallas and the surrounding areas that this kind of incident, our violent crimes task force was notified by the Balch Springs Police Department of this occurrence and immediately responded," said Jeremy Wright, the assistant special agent in charge for FBI Dallas.

Balch Springs PD update on bank shooting | FULL

The Balch Springs Police Department and the FBI give an update on a shooting outside a bank that left one person critically injured.

Miriam Hererra has been going to the bank for three years. She told FOX 4's Amelia Jones she knows the bank tellers by name, and thought of their safety when informed of the robbery.

"I'm hoping that everybody is okay that, you know who we talk to, who we know here. I mean I'm surprised, I'm shocked," Hererra told FOX 4's Amelia Jones. "I hadn't heard something like that happening here at this branch. Yeah, it's kind of scary." 

What we don't know:

Police have not yet released a description of the suspect.

What you can do:

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Balch Springs Police Department or the FBI at 1-800-CALLFBI.