Police seek 2 men in southwest bank robbery

Las Vegas police are asking for the public's help in finding two men in connection with a bank robbery Wednesday in the southwest valley.

About 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, two men armed with handguns entered a US Bank on South Hualapai Way, near Desert Inn Road, Metro wrote in a release Tuesday.

"The suspects entered the bank with handguns drawn. They ordered employees to the vault where they removed money and then fled," the release said.

Police described one robber as a man about 30 years old, 6 feet tall and 180 pounds with a goatee. During the robbery he wore a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, dark sunglasses and a red baseball cap with an "LA" logo on the front.

The second robber was described as a man also about 30 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 200 pounds with a goatee. He wore a dark baseball cap, dark sunglasses, a red long-sleeved, collared button-up shirt and blue jeans at the time of the bank robbery, police wrote in the release.

Anyone with information should call Metro's robbery section at 702-828-3591 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or www.crimestoppersofnv.com. Tips directly leading to an arrest through Crime Stoppers may result in a cash reward.

Contact Kimber Laux at klaux@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @lauxkimber.