Posted on 09/05/2003 4:07:16 PM PDT by Dane
FBI Raids Erie Home After Man's Bombing Death
Man Robs Bank, Dies With Bomb Strapped To Body
Gina Redmond
POSTED: 5:35 p.m. EDT September 5, 2003
UPDATED: 5:42 p.m. EDT September 5, 2003
PITTSBURGH -- Late Friday afternoon, the FBI raided another house in downtown Erie in search of answers in a pizza delivery man's death.
And there's another bizarre twist to the death of Brian Wells, who was killed by a bomb that blew up after he robbed an Erie bank last week.
Police said Wells was carrying a second customized weapon during the bank robbery.
The transcript from the 911 call made shortly after the robbery was released Friday.
Witness: "The guy just walked out with I don't know how much cash in a bag and a bomb or something wrapped around his neck. He's sitting in the parking lot of McDonald's. I'm watching him out of my rear-view mirror now."
911 dispatcher: "You saw him with a bomb, or whatever it was?"
Witness: "Yea, he's got it strapped around his neck."
Police are still trying to figure out if Brian Wells was a willing participant in the bank robbery, or whether someone had put the bomb on him and forced him to rob the bank.
And there's another layer to this perplexing case. Investigators found a customized weapon: a single-shot firearm disguised as a walking cane.
They found the cane gun in Wells' car when he was arrested. The Erie Times and News reported that Wells carried the cane gun into the bank but never used it to threaten workers
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He may have been distraught, or complicit.
Much more interesting than Kobe or Peterson (grin)
Well since it seems that you just came back on the red eye flight from Mars, I'll fill in the details.
A bank robbery happened last Thursday in Erie, PA. A pizza deliveryman was stopped by the cops and he had the money on him.
He had a bomb collar around his neck, the bomb squad was on the way and the bomb blew up killing him. Two days later a person who worked in the same pizza shop with the bank robber died of an apparent drug overdose.
Hit topics and click Pennsylvania, and look at the headlines and you can get a much better background on the case.
I admit I have no ideas.
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