Authorities are questioning a man believed to have been involved in an early Tuesday evening bank robbery in Lithonia.

Just before 6 p.m., a man robbed the Sun Trust Bank at Panola Road and I-20, DeKalb County police spokeswoman Bettina Durant said.

The suspect, armed with a gun, fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of money, authorities said.

FBI agents, in conjunction with DeKalb police, believe they tracked a person of interest to a nearby residential neighborhood on Salem Creek Drive, Durant said.

Police took a man into custody on an out-of-state warrant and investigators are questioning him to determine if he was involved with the bank robbery, Durant said.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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