UPDATE: Wauwatosa Police Aid in Search for Bank Robbers

Police from Brookfield, Wauwatosa and Butler were searching for as many as five men involved in robbing a Guaranty Bank branch near those borders Thursday afternoon.

Three armed men entered the bank at 12655 W. Capitol Dr. in Brookfield just after 1 p.m. Brookfield police were summoned at 1:04 p.m., and the first officer arrived within 30 seconds. But the robbers had already escaped and remained at large late Thursday, Brookfield police said.

According to witnesses, three men entered the bank with their faces covered, and at least one semi-automatic handgun was displayed. Bank employees were ordered to the floor, and two suspects jumped the counters and took an undisclosed amount of money.

The planned getaway car, a silver Chevy Lumina, was abandoned on the service drive in front of the bank, apparently because a dye pack attached to the money had detonated in the vehicle.

The three suspects then fled on foot north across Capitol Drive and behind an office building to a second car with two other occupants. That vehicle was described as a black, four-door, mid-size Hyundai or Honda.

The robbers and their accomplices then fled north on 127th Street. Stolen money and other evidence was located at 124th Street and Congress Avenue. Officers from Wauwatosa and Butler assisted in the search. City of

The Brookfield Police Department is working with the FBI on the
investigation. Anyone with information should contact the City of Brookfield
Police Department at 262 787-3702.

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