Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: September 20, 2006

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Warrant issued for Bank Robber

Shreveport Police have secured an arrest warrant for a man believed to be responsible for last Friday morning's Capital One bank robbery at Line and Jordan.

Patrick Knight, 43, specific address unknown, is wanted for armed robbery in connection with the holdup. This suspect was captured on surveillance video wearing a baseball jersey and baseball cap. Information obtained during the investigation led to detectives being granted an arrest warrant this afternoon.

Knight handed the teller a note and raised his shirt to show the teller a weapon. He got money and fled the scene.

Police are looking at him as a suspect in other recent bank holdups.

Knight has relatives here in Shreveport and is believed to live with his girlfriend in Crowley, Louisiana. He is known to stay locally in hotels and use city bus transportation.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Detective Chris Yarbourgh at 673-6955 or Crime Stoppers at 673-7373.

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