A man who robbed a credit union, led police on a chase and then jumped off a bridge into the Missouri River in an escape attempt Monday told police he had a regret.

Austin Denson said he almost robbed a bank last week in O’Fallon, Mo., but changed his mind when he saw how scared the bank teller was.

“I should have just hit that one when I was there,” Denson told police after he was fished from the Missouri River and arrested Monday night, according to court documents.

Surveillance footage from that almost-robbery of St. John’s Bank showed Denson’s license plate and ultimately led police to him, according to police. But that didn’t come until after Denson robbed the Gateway Metro Federal Credit Union at gunpoint Monday morning.

Police say Denson, 44, entered the credit union, at 1421 Jungermann Road, with a pistol in his hand and demanded money from three bank tellers. He then left through the credit union’s back door.