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"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."