Clark County Sheriff's Office seeks masked bank robbery suspects

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Authorities are trying to identify a man and a woman accused of robbing a Vancouver bank on Thursday while wearing medical masks.

At about 4:40 p.m., deputies were sent to the bank on reports of a robbery, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said.

Employees at the Umpqua Bank on Northeast 134th Street reported the robbery. The masked man implied he had a gun. He and his accomplice, the masked woman, left the bank with “an unknown amount of cash,” the sheriff’s office said in a release. 

The man is described as having long brown hair, a Carhartt-type jacket and a black sweatshirt. The woman is described as having brown hair, a grayish headband, a pink jacket and a cross bag.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.