Capital One Bank in F.C. Robbed at Knifepoint

2026-08-14 8:34 PM

City of Falls Church Police are looking for a suspect who robbed the Capital One Bank at 1100 W. Broad St. this afternoon.

At about 1:40 p.m. today, a man walked into the bank with a long knife and demanded cash. The suspect is described as 5’6″ to 5’9″, slender build, undetermined ethnicity, wearing a black cloth over his face, black baseball cap, blue button-up long-sleeved shirt, jeans, and sneakers. He fled the scene on foot in the direction of West End Park.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

Anyone with information should contact the City of Falls Church Police at 703-241-5053.

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