PNC bank teller hit with ax during Southfield bank robbery

Southfield Police have a man in custody who attacked a teller with an ax while robbing a PNC bank. WWJ's Darrylin Horne reports from the scene.

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00:00Daryl and Horn with WWJ.

00:01I'm still standing outside of this PNC bank on Northwestern Highway in Southfield.

00:06And we just got some more information from Southfield Police Chief Elvin Barron.

00:11Now he tells me that the man who robbed of this place is a 55 year old Southfield resident.

00:17When he walked in, he demanded cash and he walked in with an ax in his hand.

00:22Now after getting the cash, he struck one of the tellers in the head with an ax at this bank here.

00:29Now she is going to be okay.

00:30She's listed as stable unconscious right now, according to Chief Barron.

00:34But for several hours, you could see some of the tellers who work here just visibly upset that this took place.

00:41You can tell it was very, very traumatic for all of them who witnessed all of this, but no one else was hurt.

00:49Like I mentioned, he was arrested.

00:50The 55 year old was arrested on Joy Road and Greenfield around 1.30 this afternoon, Tuesday afternoon.

00:58But obviously this bank is going to be closed for the rest of the day.