Then it wasn’t out to rob a bank ?
The witness (in the business next door to the bank) recalled the police “fly into our parking lot with lights flashing and everything” and then to the back of Chase bank. She and her co-workers then saw police surrounding the bank and heard shots being fired. She said she saw the first officer down, and stated the shots appeared to have come from behind the bank’s drive thru. This took place about a quarter mile from PP.
I don’t know if he was planning to rob the bank, but witnesses say he was shooting at police, who came “flying” with lights flashing to Chase bank well before he ended up at PP. I am just putting 1 + 1 together.