KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department and FBI are investigating a bank robbery in the Waldo neighborhood Thursday.
Dispatchers with KCPD told KSHB 41 News that officers responded to the UMB Bank at 85th Street and Wornall Road just before 11:30 a.m. on an armed robbery.
An FBI spokesperson says the suspect made a verbal threat of an explosive device and demanded money. The suspect fled the scene with an unknown amount of money.
Investigators discovered a suspicious package at the scene. The item was later deemed safe.