Associated Press
GALLATIN, Tenn. — Police say two bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, have been shot dead after a St. Patrick’s Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee.
Sgt. Bill Storment said First State Bank in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin was held up by a costumed man at 12:28 p.m. Wednesday, and the suspects fired at police during a car chase. A news release said the two ran into a field and died when they exchanged fire with officers.
Sharon Riehemann (REE'-muhn), manager of the Fifth Third Bank next door, told The Associated Press that she saw a man in a green top hat, vest and shorts and a fake beard run away from First State Bank with a blue bag in his hands. She said he had just been in her bank but left without speaking.
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GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say two bank robbery suspects have been shot and killed after they fired at police officers during a car chase.
Gallatin police Sgt. Bill Storment told the Gallatin News Examiner and The Tennessean that the two suspects were shot to death. He didn’t say if they were killed by police gunfire.
The robbery at First State Bank was reported at 12:28 p.m. Wednesday in the town about 25 miles northeast of Nashville. Storment said the suspects fired at police during a car chase, disabling a cruiser, and again as they ran on foot into a field.
Police said no one else was hurt.
Gallatin police didn’t immediately return calls seeking comment from the AP. The FBI says it’s assisting the investigation but referred questions to police.