Kevin Steed was inside Citizens Bank in downtown Pittsfield just before it closed at noon on Saturday when one of the other customers grew upset about a transaction, shouted obscenities and stormed out.

Minutes later, Steed and everyone else in the bank heard what sounded like four gunshots.

One of the bank employees locked the doors and the five people left inside huddled in the vault for safety.

“The person went in to make a deposit, something to do with an ATM card,” said Steed, of Chichester. “He left disgruntled and then we heard the shooting.”

State and local police were investigating the shooting outside the bank Saturday, which was first reported around 11:50 a.m.

When officers arrived they found two injured men in the bank parking lot who were transported to Concord Hospital for treatment. Police began searching for the suspect who had left the scene, state police said.

By 3:40 p.m. state police reported that the community faced no further threat.

“All parties involved in this incident are currently accounted for and cooperating with the investigation,” state police said in a statement.

Police did not announce any arrests.

The man who stormed out of the bank had black hair and a beard, but Steed didn’t get a look at what he was wearing.

After police arrived on the scene, Steed and the other customers left the bank unsure of what they’d see outside. 

Steed, who wore a green Pembroke Football fleece, was stuck in the area for a while because his vehicle was behind the yellow emergency tape that blocked off the crime scene. 

Bullet casings laid on the ground in the bank parking lot next to Steed’s white van. The bank is across the street from the police station, about 200 feet away.

The State Police Major Crime Unit van arrived at the scene at 2:55 p.m. A helicopter could be seen flying over the town at 2:40 p.m.

Steed was a medic in the New Hampshire National Guard for 30 years, but the incident still rattled his nerves.

Asked if he was he was scared, he responded, “Who wouldn’t be?”