A 49-year-old man was taken into custody in connection with a St. Joseph bank robbery.

St. Joseph Police Department Captain Jeff Wilson said a man entered the US Bank at 800 N. Belt Highway just before 11 a.m. and handed a teller a note indicating he was robbing the bank.

A man was taken into custody by officers at gunpoint a short time later in the parking lot of Apple Market on N. 36th street.

Law enforcement officials from St. Joseph Police Department, Buchanan County Sheriffs Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol were all on scene.

An investigation is ongoing.