Credit union in Cape Girardeau robbed

A Cape Girardeau credit union was robbed Friday morning.

Police responded to a holdup alarm at Cape Regional Credit Union, 2427 Cape Centre Drive, according to Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Darin Hickey.

While in route police received a call from employees confirming the robbery had happened. A man walked into the bank saying he had a gun and demanded money, and fled on foot southbound with an undetermined amount of cash, Hickey said.

This surveillance still released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department shows the suspect in a Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 robbery of the Cape Regional Credit Union.

Hickey said the suspect was described as a black male between 6-feet-3-inches and 6-feet-5-inches tall, wearing a long-sleeved striped button-down shirt, black jeans, white shoes and a dark baseball cap.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol airplane that was in the area for another purpose joined the search, Hickey said. A K-9 unit was also used to track the suspect, who still hadn't been caught Friday afternoon.