MIAMI – A man dubbed by authorities as the „bumbling bank robber“ had his two gold teeth knocked out as he ran into traffic and was hit by a van while fleeing a heist, FBI agents in Miami said last Tuesday.

The suspect, who also may have shot himself accidentally, escaped in a waiting get-away car but police recovered his teeth from the street and held them as evidence, the FBI said.

The suspect walked into a Wachovia Bank branch in North Miami Beach on Monday, pulled a gun from his pocket as he approached a teller and demanded that she fill a bag with money, the FBI said.

The teller gave him an undisclosed sum of money and he turned to flee, discharging the gun as he stuffed it back into his pocket, the FBI said.

„It is unknown at this time if the robber shot himself when the gun discharged,“ the FBI said in a statement headlined „update on bumbling bank robber.“

The suspect ran out of the bank into the street and was hit by a white van and dragged under it, authorities said. He managed to get up and run to a waiting car that sped away, leaving his teeth behind, the investigators said.

Police and the FBI were looking for him at hospital emergency rooms and medical centers. The suspect was described as a tall, thin black man in his late 20s to early 30s. Reuters