Authorities in Fort Payne are still searching for a suspect involved in a bank robbery that took place Tuesday morning.

Police say a man entered the downtown PNC Bank around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday morning and left with $3,000 after handing a note to the teller. Surveillance footage released by Fort Payne Police shows the suspect wearing blue jeans, a long-sleeve button-down shirt, and a black ball cap. He was reportedly armed with a handgun. After taking the money, the man walked out of the building and headed north, according to police.

Hannah Watts, kitchen manager at Mater’s Pizza and Pasta across the street from the bank, said the seriousness of the situation didn’t immediately register.

“I didn’t really understand the gravity of the situation until my family members started calling me a

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