The Sawyer County Sheriff's Department has identified the suspect they're seeking in connection with a bank robbery Friday that left one man dead and a third in custody.

Robert H. McCallie, 21, is being sought in connection with the robbery of Dairyland State Bank in Exeland, according to the Sheriff's Department. McCallie is described as a white male, 6 feet, 5 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. His last listed address was Kennan in Price County.

A search for McCallie in southern Sawyer County was called off at about 9:30 p.m. Friday, but law enforcement officials statewide were notified he is being sought, said Sawyer County sheriff's Lt. Kurt Barthel.

"Basically, we searched all the cabins and buildings in the area that he could possibly have gotten into," Barthel said. "That was the thrust of the search, to make sure he didn't get into a building or was endangering anybody down in that area."

McCallie may be driving a green 2001 Ford pickup truck with the Wisconsin license plate ET9636, reported stolen from Rusk County, according to a Sawyer County sheriff's statement. McCallie is listed in the National Crime Information Center entry as armed and dangerous, authorities said.

After authorities were alerted to the robbery by a holdup alarm at about 2:30 p.m. Friday, a Birchwood police officer spotted the suspected getaway vehicle and pursued it.

Two people, McCallie and Steven Ray Willard Jr., 19, fled from the vehicle in the Deer Lake area of southern Sawyer County, authorities said.

The officer chased both suspects on foot and took Willard into custody, said law enforcement officials, who believe McCallie fled into a nearby woods.

Willard, of Phillips, was taken to the Sawyer County Jail, where he was being held on an armed robbery charge, Barthel said.

The third suspect drove south into Rusk County, authorities said. Officers pursued the sedan-type vehicle before they collided with it about a mile west of Bruce, ending the chase.

The man then reportedly shot at the officers, who returned fire. After the exchange, the suspect was found dead in his vehicle, Rusk County Sheriff David Kaminski said.

The Rusk County coroner later confirmed the death of the man, whose identity has not yet been released.

The FBI is assisting with the investigation.

Friday's robbery was the sixth in a series of bank heists that hit west-central Wisconsin in October, but it marked the first time a suspect has been taken into custody. The previous robbery occurred just one day earlier in Eau Claire when two armed men held up tellers at Citizens Community Federal, 2125 Cameron St.

The other regional robberies this month:

Oct. 8: Alliance Bank, Eau Claire.

Oct. 9: Associated Bank, Hudson.

Oct. 14: Security Bank, Ridgeland.

Oct. 21: Bremer Bank, Elk Mound.

Thursday: Citizens Community Federal, Eau Claire.

Authorities have yet to determine if any of the robberies are connected.