Bank Robber Takes Hostage, Slips And Falls On Ice, Then Shot And Killed By Police

Bank Robber Takes Hostage, Slips and Falls on Ice, then Shot and Killed by Police: MyFoxDC.com

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TAKOMA PARK, Md. - Police shot and killed a suspected bank robber trying to flee a suburban Washington bank with a female hostage Friday after he stumbled in a pile of snow from this week's storm and the woman broke free, authorities said.

Montgomery County Police Assistant Chief Drew Tracy said the suspect had pistol-whipped a customer who saw him take a handgun from his pocket while standing in line at a Capital One Bank and then tried to stop him. The bank is at New Hampshire Avenue and University Boulevard.

Police said the suspect then placed a 4-inch by 5-inch hoax bomb -- a sponge wrapped in foil and duct tape with copper wires sticking out of it -- by a teller station and walked behind the counter. Police arrived a minute later and he went behind bulletproof glass, where he kept hostages at gunpoint, Tracy said.

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