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FBI searching for suspect in Naperville bank robbery

The FBI is searching for a man who robbed a bank Tuesday morning in south Naperville.

A man showed a handgun during the robbery, which occurred at 9:10 a.m. at the Fifth Third Bank, 2644 Showplace Drive, a spokesman said in a news release.

The suspect is described as a Black man standing 5 feet, 9-10 inches tal1 and weighing 170 to 175 pounds, officials said. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, gray pants with black stripes on the sides, light-colored shoes, dark gloves and a dark face covering.

He fled on foot.

Eight Naperville-area schools, including Neuqua Valley High School, were locked down Tuesday morning as police searched the area near 95th Street and Route 59.

Crone, Scullen, Gregory, Clow, White Eagle, Kendall and Fry schools were locked down, according to a message Indian Prairie Unit District 204 sent to parents.

The lockdown was lifted around 11 a.m.

People reported on a messaging app that police searched the nearby White Eagle golf course for the suspect.

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