Posted on 01/11/2006 2:19:43 PM PST by Ben Mugged
A bank robber who was fatally shot, ending a 10-hour police standoff, had threatened to kill himself and his last hostage in his final moments, the Osceola County sheriff said Wednesday.
A sniper killed the male suspect and a female suspect was taken into custody, said Osceola County Sheriff Bob Hansell. Four hostages were not injured.
The suspects had escaped the Mercantile Bank, a mile west of Walt Disney World, with one hostage after authorities blasted through the rear door using an explosive device. But police soon cornered them in their getaway car, authorities said.
The male suspect then "used the hostage again as a shield to get into another vehicle," Hansell said. "He tried to leave again and at that point he was taken down by one of our snipers."
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Investigators identified the woman as Amanda Lynn Moeller, 26. Her initial court appearance Wednesday was postponed after questions arose about her identity. She was being held without bond.
The suspects had been holed up in the bank since Tuesday morning. The first hostage was released when the robbers panicked when deputies arrived so quickly after the robbery, said sheriff's spokeswoman Twis Lizasuain. The second was freed in exchange for cigarettes and the third after deputies agreed to back their vehicles a few feet farther away from the bank, Lizasuain said.
The suspects used the last hostage as a shield to escape in a bank employee's car, but deputies flattened their tires.
"That's when he threatened, 'Everybody's going to go with me,'" Hansell said. "We knew right then that he was not going to go mobile again because that just increases the risk to the hostage."
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Very good job done here
A modern day Bonnie and Clod.
Good shot!!
One robber dead, one in custody, no hostages harmed.
Sounds like a good day's work to me.
Better that the standoff take a week than to have some whacked out criminal panic and shoot a hostage.
So that guy wont be robbing any more banks or terrorizing any more innocent people. Give the sniper a medal.
Agreed...
Give the Sniper a Metal!!!
I hope that Bonnie got splashed pretty thoroughly with Clyde's brains. It would make a better impression for guiding her future conduct.
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