(HOUSTON, TX) - The FBI Violent Crime Task Force needs the public’s help identifying and locating the first area bank robber of 2020. While the suspect doesn’t appear to have 20/20 vision, investigators hope you do and can recognize him.

The armed suspect struck the Woodforest National Bank inside the Walmart located at 9460 West Sam Houston Parkway South in southwest Houston at around 11:40 a.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2020.

He approached the teller with a note and, at gunpoint, demanded money, threatening harm. The teller, in fear for his life, complied, and the robber left the location with an undisclosed amount of money. No one was physically injured.

The bank robber is described as a Black male, in his late 20s, approximately 5’8”-5’10” tall and of medium build. He was wearing a black Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap, a black jacket, gray hooded sweatshirt, black pants, black sneakers, and black eye glasses.

Bank surveillance photographs of the suspect are attached. They can also be found on Twitter @FBIHouston.

Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of this bank robber. If you have any information, please call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 713-222-TIPS (8477) or the FBI Houston Field Office at (713) 693-5000, or visit www.crime-stoppers.org. Tips may also be submitted to Crime Stoppers through the Crime Stoppers of Houston app which can be downloaded at the app store for both iPhone and Android devices. All tipsters remain anonymous.