Police: Fla. bank robber has taken hostages (AP)

CORAL GABLES, Fla. � Police say a robber has taken an unknown number of hostages at a Bank of America near the University of Miami.

Coral Gables police say some employees and customers were taken hostage Friday at the bank, but they don't know how many. Hostage negotiators are at the bank along with the FBI and the Miami-Dade County bomb squad.

The university sent an alert to students warning them to stay away from the area near the bank.

Some elementary schools in the area have been locked down as a precaution but the university remains open.

Roads are closed in the area. The bank is near the southern end of Interstate 95, the highway that spans the East Coast from Maine to Florida.

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