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
That's the problem with druggies --- they're not going to want to go to the police and reveal they're druggies and have an association with certain types --- plus they wouldn't be the socially responsible types who worry about society. They're more likely to worry only where their next fix will come from --- and they might not like to bite the hand that feeds them.
I think this is true --- but what about the hole-in-the-wall pizza places where the pizza isn't very good. We had one near here and someone who uses cocaine told me that was what they were really about --- of course that's just heresay --- I never bought cocaine so I wouldn't know first hand ---- but what that person told me makes sense --- no one questions that kind of traffic --- or deliveries with pizza shops which might make them the perfect front for drug dealing.
That's interesting --- if he was trying to deliver pizzas, they should have still been with him.
2. Got a cigarette?
Now those are things I'd be thinking about if I had a bomb around my neck.
Did anyone of you think this guy would be a smoker from looking at his photo?? Wonder if he had cigarettes on him or in the car??
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