(KAIR)--The report of an armed robbery late Friday afternoon in Atchison leaves authorities searching for a suspect.

The crime happened at the Advance America cash advance business, located at 820 U.S. Highway 59.

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson tells MSC News the search for the suspect was continuing as of 4:45 Friday afternoon. “Shortly after 4 p.m. [Friday] afternoon we responded to the Cash Advance business where an aggravated robbery had just occurred. We've got a number of officers in the area seeking a suspect who ran from the scene. He took money at gunpoint from an employee there, in the Cash Advance.”

The suspect is described as a black man wearing black gloves, a black hat, and armed with a handgun.

Anyone who sees the suspect should not make contact with him, but notify local authorities immediately.