Crime

Four rob Fort Mill area bank

York County sheriff’s deputy patrol cars outside the BB&T Bank on S.C. 160 in Fort Mill after a suspected bank robbery Saturday morning.
York County sheriff’s deputy patrol cars outside the BB&T Bank on S.C. 160 in Fort Mill after a suspected bank robbery Saturday morning. bmarchant@heraldonline.com

Law enforcement are looking for four suspects in an apparent bank robbery in Fort Mill.

York County sheriff’s deputies and Fort Mill police were called to the BB&T on S.C. 160 around 11:30 a.m. Saturday after receiving reports of a robbery.

Sheriff’s office spokesman Trent Faris said four people entered the bank with their faces obscured by masks or clothing, each armed with a handgun. The people – two men and two women – fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of money.

They reportedly left in a silver-colored SUV on S.C. 160 in the direction of Gold Hill Road.

Four employees and one customer were inside the bank at the time. No one was injured, Faris said.

Surveillance footage of the robbery was not immediately available.

Anyone with information on Saturday’s robbery is asked to call the York County Sheriff’s Office at 803-628-3059 or Crime Stoppers of York County at 1-877-409-4321.

Bristow Marchant: 803-329-4062, @BristowatHome

This story was originally published January 16, 2016 at 1:38 PM with the headline "Four rob Fort Mill area bank."

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