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Deputies investigating bank robbery in Brooksville

Investigators say they're looking for a man wearing black pants and a gray hoodie seen carrying a black bag.

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — Hernando County deputies are investigating a Tuesday morning bank robbery in Brooksville.

It happened around 10 a.m. at the Cadence Bank on 14211 Powell Road, according to the sheriff's office.

Now, investigators are looking for a man wearing black jogging pants and a gray hoodie seen carrying a black bag. He is described as 6-feet, 1-inch tall and in his early 20s. 

The sheriff's office says he was seen running behind the Discovery Point Daycare.

Around 10:30 a.m., several schools in the area moved to a "secure campus" status, prohibiting anyone from coming in or out of the school. Schools included Challenger K-8, J.D. Floyd Elementary, Nature Coast Technical High School and Powell Middle School. The "secure campus" status was lifted around 11:25 a.m.

In a video posted to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office Facebook page around 11:30 a.m., Sheriff Al Nienhuis asked anyone with information on the man involved to contact the agency at 352-754-6830 or anonymously through Crimestoppers.

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