An armed man robbed the Chase Bank in downtown Redmond on Wednesday afternoon and escaped on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Redmond police responded to the bank at about 12:43 p.m. and conducted an extensive yet unsuccessful search of the area with the help of a police dog. Lt. Nathan Garibay said officers faced a challenging environment to conduct a search and are currently unsure whether the suspect might have gotten into a car and left the area.

“This area was very heavily populated with a lot of people on foot, which can contaminate a K-9 search,” he said. “It’s a busy downtown area, and we’re kind of behind the eight ball in these situations.”

The suspect was described as in his late 20s to early 30s and approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall with a thin build and a dark complexion. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing dark-rimmed glasses, a gray stocking cap and a blue hooded sweatshirt over a white T-shirt with black pants and tennis shoes. Surveillance photos of the suspect show him pointing a handgun inside the bank.

It’s the second time in just over a month a Redmond bank was robbed.

On Jan. 29, Donovan Joel Haskin, 40, was arrested on suspicion of robbing the Sterling Savings Bank on Southwest Veterans Way. Haskin attempted to hang himself in his cell at the Deschutes County jail and died of his injuries at St. Charles Bend four days later, on Feb. 7.

Anyone with information about the robbery on Wednesday is encouraged to contact Redmond police at 541-504-3400 or Deschutes County dispatchers at 541-693-6911.