Police, FBI Search For ‘Bird Flu Bandit’ Who Robbed Bank On Monday
El Paso Police and the FBI are looking for a man who robbed the El Paso Federal Employees Credit Union in the 9300 block of North Loop at 10:15 a.m. on Monday.
The man walked into the bank, displayed a black semiautomatic handgun and demanded money which he put into a gray plastic grocery bag. He then told the tellers to get on the floor and he left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. This is the city’s 14th bank robbery of the year.
This robber, dubbed the bird flu bandit by the FBI, is believed to have robbed two other local banks this year: On May 21, 2010, this same North Loop bank (the city’s sixth robbery) was robbed and on June 24, 2010, First Savings Bank, 900 block of North Mesa (the city’s eighth robbery). In all three robberies he wore some type of mask or bandana to cover his mouth.
Subject Description: – Hispanic male, late 20s-early 30s, short brown hair – About 5-foot-10- 6-foot tall, thin build – Spoke only in Spanish – Wore a surgical mask, yellow and black gloves and carried the gun in his right hand – Wore a blue Houston Texans No. 8 jersey, blue jean shorts and red and gray baseball cap
This case is being worked by the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force, which includes the El Paso Police Department and El Paso Sheriff’s Department. If anyone was in the vicinity of this bank and has information about this robbery, please call the FBI at 915-832-5000.
