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.
job well done. we need more of that.
ReplyDeletejust wasn't his day.
ReplyDeleteNow that's what I call a happy ending!
ReplyDeleteGuess he slipped up
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