Men in gas masks rob Chase bank in Romulus, steal employee's minivan

ROMULUS, Mich. – Two men wearing what looked like gas masks robbed a Chase bank in Romulus on Wednesday and then stole a bank employee's minivan, police said.

The two men stormed the bank at 10421 Middlebelt Road just after 9 a.m.

Police said one of them jumped the counter and forced two employees to open a vault. A "large amount of cash" was taken, police said.

The men then stole an employee's minivan to flee the scene, and abandoned it in the area of Farnum and Garner streets, police said.

Police said they think the men then got into a black Dodge Charger.

The men were wearing black hooded sweatshirts, masks and gloves. They were armed with black handguns, police said.