A gun was fired in an attempted bank robbery in Foothhill Ranch on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 17, officials said, and a search for a robbery suspect was underway.

Deputies were searching an area near a Chase Bank Thursday afternoon in Foothill Ranch where a shot was fired during an armed robbery, authorities said.

Authorities were searching for an armed man who robbed a bank in Orange County Thursday afternoon, prompting a nearby elementary school to be placed on lockdown after a shot was fired. An Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson told KTLA 5 News that deputies were dispatched to the Chase Bank near the intersection of Portola and

Orange County sheriff’s deputies Thursday were looking for at least one suspect in a bank robbery with gunfire at a Chase Bank branch in Foothill Ranch.