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On Monday September 29th, a gunman burst into the Sharon Credit Union in East Walpole, igniting moments of sheer terror for the tellers on duty that day.

The robbery was captured on surveillance video, it's video you'll see only on Fox 25.

The gunman was fully masked, he was wearing gloves, and from the moment he opened the front door of the bank, the gun was drawn.

Immediately, he ordered all of the tellers down on the floor. But he couldn't see them, so he tried jumping up over the teller counter. All the while, the gun was in plain view.

One of the tellers stood up, and opened the drawers. The gunman stuffed his bag full of cash and took off.

Most bank robberies are note jobs: the gunman passes the teller a note demaning cash. Many times, other customers don't even know the bank is being robbed.

This was different. The gun was drawn and in open view for the entire robbery. While the gunman was loading up his bag he waved the gun around, even put it down at one point. At any time during the robbery, that gun could have gone off.

Luckily there were no customers inside as this went down. But Walpole Police Chief Richard Stillman told me. "If a customer had come in, what would he have done? How would he have handled that situation? This guy was ready to do business. He was ready to commit violence, serious violence. He had a gun in his hand. He was ready to go."

If you know anything about this case, please call Walpole Police at (508) 668-1095.

Bob Ward