Posted on 07/07/2017 12:37:32 PM PDT by sodpoodle
MARIETTA, Ga. — A man who claimed to have a bomb that could "take out the room" barricaded himself inside a suburban Atlanta bank Friday, sparking an hours-long standoff that forced police to bust through a brick wall of the building and later ended with the suspect's death.
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Cobb County Police Chief Mike Register did not offer details Friday of how the man died. Two people were freed shortly after TV footage showed a military-type vehicle smashing its way through the wall, raining bricks onto its hood. However, it's not clear if they escaped through the wall opening.
Several heavily armed police officers had converged on the bank earlier in the day.
Police had said the man inside the bank branch near Marietta had made threats and was inside with an unknown number of employees.
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More reporting:
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2017/jul/07/police-surround-georgia-bank-after-reports-man-bomb/437171/
http://wrbl.com/2017/07/07/police-man-responsible-for-ga-bank-bomb-threat-is-dead/
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“A man who claimed to have a bomb that could “take out the room” barricaded himself inside a suburban Atlanta bank Friday, sparking an hours-long standoff that forced police to bust through a brick wall of the building and later ended with the suspect’s death.”
“Reporters” at my local yellow journal years ago while I still subscribed were fond of reporting that “...police busted down the door...”
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www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/police-on-scene-of-bank-robbery-in-cobb-county/
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