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Deadly bank robbing gone wrong (Birmingham, AL). Suspect on loose
International Herald Tribune via Associated Press ^ | 14 MAY 07 | dcbryan1

Posted on 05/14/2007 9:05:22 AM PDT by DCBryan1

BESSEMER, Alabama: A gunman fatally shot two bank employees during a robbery Monday morning at a Wachovia bank branch in Alabama, authorities said.

Deputies later shot one suspect as he left the bank with a gun held to a female hostage's head, and they were searching for a possible second suspect, a sheriff's spokesman told The Birmingham News. The spokesman said two other employees were shot and wounded.

(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: bank; birmingham; crime; heist
Mods: Please update as this situation develops. Pray for the apprehension of the perps and souls of the departed.
1 posted on 05/14/2007 9:05:28 AM PDT by DCBryan1
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To: DCBryan1

Anybody know if that bank branch prohibits CCW?

TC


2 posted on 05/14/2007 9:11:29 AM PDT by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: DCBryan1

More news here:

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/05/at_least_1_person_shot_in_bess.html

One of the two people who were killed was pregnant. Frankly I hope the police shoot the perps while trying to catch them.


3 posted on 05/14/2007 9:17:04 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: DCBryan1

I do not understand why banks have not taken their employess and put them behind bulletproof glass, and all transactions done thru a sliding drawer. Convenience stores and gas-marts have done this for years.......


4 posted on 05/14/2007 9:18:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
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To: Red Badger

I don’t know why 15 bank employees didn’t pull out a gun and turn the perps into swiss cheese upon entry? That would be the ideal situation.


5 posted on 05/14/2007 9:20:26 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
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To: DCBryan1

I’m not sure there’s a way that a “deadly bank robbing” can go right.


6 posted on 05/14/2007 9:22:11 AM PDT by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: Cicero
Holy Moley! A CCW carrier inside it looks like! To bad he/she didn't kill the perp right then and there.

Im afraid before the day is done and this guy is stopped, that there will be more mayhem in Birmingham. (Local states BOLO!)

7 posted on 05/14/2007 9:22:35 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
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To: Cicero
Here's another strange bank incident from today.

Bomb Squad Called To Farmersville Bank

Officials said the Dayton Bomb Squad has been called to the scene of a suspicious device in Farmersville.

The device was found on North Broadway Street at the U.S. Bank. Investigators said the suspicious device was found inside the bank’s mailbox on Monday morning.

Members of the Dayton Bomb Squad are trying to figure out what the device is.

8 posted on 05/14/2007 9:24:35 AM PDT by jdm
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To: July 4th
I’m not sure there’s a way that a “deadly bank robbing” can go right.

If the robbers are the only ones killed is one way for it to go right.

9 posted on 05/14/2007 9:24:44 AM PDT by ParityErr (It's impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.)
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To: July 4th
I’m not sure there’s a way that a “deadly bank robbing” can go right.

Of course there is silly! When armed civilian kills the perp in the bank, thats a good "deadly bank robbery (attempt)".

Cheers!

10 posted on 05/14/2007 9:25:08 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
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To: ParityErr

You beat me to it! We think alike!


11 posted on 05/14/2007 9:25:48 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
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To: DCBryan1

Your post went from “breaking news” to “chat” in a hurry.


12 posted on 05/14/2007 9:25:58 AM PDT by jdm
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To: jdm; Jim Robinson; Sidebar Moderator; Admin Moderator
Your post went from "breaking news" to "chat" in a hurry.

I guess bank robbers on the loose killing pregnant women just isn't news to Freepers and Lurkers in Birmingham, AL.

I guess I'll just use CNN and FoxNews for my breaking news on murder's on the loose since Free Republic isn't interested.

13 posted on 05/14/2007 9:29:47 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
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To: jdm; Jim Robinson; Sidebar Moderator; Admin Moderator
Your post went from "breaking news" to "chat" in a hurry.

And people question why I stopped giving money to FR during their fund raising attempts. I used to be good for a $100.00 a fund drive. No more. This is not the first instance of moderators use of insipid discretion.

14 posted on 05/14/2007 9:32:58 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck
"Sources said a customer inside the bank pulled a gun on the robber and briefly held him at gunpoint. That's when the robber took the bank manager hostage and left the bank holding a gun to her head with one hand and a bag of stolen money in the other.

He was shot by lawmen when he tripped on a curb, and he and the bank manager fell to the ground. The money was recovered.

Jefferson County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Randy Christian said he couldn't comment on the bank robbery itself, but did confirm that sheriff's deputies were first on the scene. Two deputies from the warrant detail were passing by when they saw people running from the bank. Two more deputies in a second patrol car arrived, and a call for backup went out, Christian said. A deputy shot the suspect.

"I have no doubt they saved lives out there," Christian said. "I just wish they could have saved some inside."

15 posted on 05/14/2007 9:35:39 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Red Badger
put them behind bulletproof glass - In lots of banks in Europe you get into the bank by walking into a telephone booth type compartment large enough for one to get into the bank, when one door closes there is a 2 second delay then the other door opens ; you rob the bank, you can't get out.
16 posted on 05/14/2007 9:37:39 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: Red Badger

I agree with your view especially in the Bessemer Alabama area. One other point a customer is reported to have pulled a gun and held the perp briefly but he should have got him when he pulled the gun. That is all I learne dfrom a Birmingham News Blog.


17 posted on 05/14/2007 9:41:12 AM PDT by southland (Matt: 7-16)
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