Shots were fired and a security guard was injured Thursday afternoon in a busy downtown area near Chicago Mercantile Exchange building during a bank robbery.
A bank robbery suspect is at-large after exchanging gunfire with a security guard in Chicago's Loop Thursday afternoon, officials said.
According to police, a bank robbery suspect exited a bank in the 0-100 block of South Wacker Drive just before 3 p.m. when a 59-year-old man working as a security guard approached him.
The suspect then pulled out a firearm and fired shots toward the security guard, at which time the security guard reached for his service weapon and fired shots toward the suspect, according to officials.
Following the exchange of gunfire, the suspect then fled eastbound on Madison Street.
While police did not initially say whether the suspect was in custody or not, the FBI's Chicago office later confirmed the suspect is at-large.
According to the FBI, the suspect was a man around five feet and seven inches tall, wearing a black hooded jacket, a mask, blue jeans and winter gloves.
Though Chicago police initially said the security guard was struck by gunfire and hospitalized, an updated statement clarified that the guard had sustained a graze wound and refused medical treatment on scene.
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