Three bank robbery suspects led police on an hour-long chase through Northern California on Wednesday, spraying patrol cruisers with bullets and shooting at least two of the three hostages they took.
According to authorities, the suspect walked into the Florida Bank around 11:30 a.m., displayed a gun and demanded money. He left in a white pickup truck.
Tupelo Police Officer Joseph Maher was released from North Mississippi Medical Center Tuesday morning, eight days after being critically wounded in a shootout.
Authorities said Sunday that a man who was fatally shot by a Phoenix detective during a bank robbery had been the subject of a massive manhunt after killing one Mississippi police officer and wounding another following a bank robbery last week.
Officer Kevin "Gale" Stauffer, 38, was killed during a robbery at BancorpSouth Monday. Officer Joseph Maher, 27, was injured and was at last check in critical condition, WAAY TV reports.
A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper survived a shot to the chest after his body armor absorbed a bank robber's round.
Officer Jim Simone glanced at a teller to his left. The two knew one another well enough for Simone to see that she was having a hard time preventing a bizarre expression from registering on her face. Simone realized very quickly that he had walked into a robbery in progress.
New dash-cam footage shows bank robbery suspects opening fire on a Fort Bend County (Texas) Sheriff's deputy with an AK-47 during a May 2010 pursuit. During the trial of the getaway driver, Deputy Charlie Scott's patrol car video was released that showed the harrowing encounter.
Bank robbery suspects opened fire on Fort Bend County (Texas) Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Scott with an AK-47 during a May 2010 pursuit. The footage was released as part of the trial of the getaway driver, who was convicted. Read the full story here.
Face-to-face with a gun-toting bank robber, the officer made a split-second decision. He unloaded his gun and laid it on the ground.
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