PHOTO: Can you help police identify Gardena bank robber?

This is the gunman who claimed to have a bomb last week in a failed bank robbery attempt in Gardena.

The man ran from the Wells Fargo Bank branch at 1221 Redondo Beach Blvd. when an employee struggled with him, police said.

The gunman tried to rob the bank shortly before 6 p.m. Jan. 30. He claimed that two bags contained explosives. When the employee stepped in, the man set down his bags, ran out of the bank and into the parking lot.

FBI and sheriff's bomb squads examined the bags and determined they did not contain explosives.

The robber is described as Asian, in his 40s or 50s, 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 7 inches tall, 125 to 150 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes, an Asian accent, scars on his chin, and had several fingers bandaged.

He wore a two-toned baseball cap, a dark blue or green blazer, a light-colored dress shirt, Docker type pants, reading glasses, brown business casual shoes.

He drove a maroon late 1990s or early 2000 Dodge Caravan van with tinted windows.
Anyone with information about the man is asked to call the Gardena police at 310-217-9670 or Detective Pamela Robinson at 310-217-9653.