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Kingston Police are searching for a lone suspect following a robbery at a downtown bank Wednesday afternoon.

Kingston Police block a section of Bagot St. as they search for a bank robbery suspect. Tactical officers stationed outside a Bagot St. apartment building. Search for bank robbery suspect was focused on a building about two blocks from the bank that was robbed.

Police confirm to CKWS News that a lone man entered the CIBC branch at the corner of Brock and Bagot Streets at about 3 o’clock. Inside the suspect demanded cash and once he got it, he fled on foot.

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The search for a suspect initially led police to an apartment building about two blocks away from the bank.

Tactical officers were stationed outside 205 Bagot Street for over an hour with their weapons trained on a unit on one of the upper floors of the four floor building.

Eventually the tactical unit wrapped up at the scene and left.

Police say they are looking for a suspect who is balding with a beard. He stands 5’8″ tall and weighs about 200 lbs.