An alert officer making a transaction at an ATM in downtown Boston apprehended a bank robber immediately after the suspect robbed the bank.

Christopher Washburn, 34, who gave a Quincy address at booking but told officers he was homeless, was arraigned on Wednesday on charges of unarmed robbery, assault and battery on a public employee, and resisting arrest.

Wasburn allegedly handed a note reading “money no die pack” to a teller at the Citizen’s Bank at One Center Plaza Tuesday afternoon at about 12:30 p.m. When the teller handed him cash, Washburn allegedly bolted from the lobby – right past a plainclothes Boston Police detective using the cash machine outside.

The officer noticed Washburn was behaving suspiciously prior to using the ATM. As he walked away, he noticed the suspect running out of the bank and fleeing up Somerset Street.

After a brief struggle in a nearby parking garage, the officer took the suspect into custody.

At one point during the pursuit, the suspect told the officer that he had a knife and would stab him if he tried to make an arrest. When the officer brandished his firearm, Washburn’s tone changed and he began yelling “shoot me, shoot me.”

Two Suffolk County Sheriffs arrived while the officer was struggling with the suspect, and assisted the officer in taking the suspect into custody.

Officers recovered about $200 in cash on the ground, where Washburn had apparently tried to discard it, and about $1000 from his right front pants pocket. The total amount recovered matched exactly the amount reported taken during the stick-up.

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