Why You Should Not Try To Rob A Bank In Arizona
Accused cop killer wanted in bank robbery believed dead in Arizona
Dec 29th 2013 9:08AM
PHOENIX
(AP) - A suspect killed by Phoenix police in a bank robbery attempt is
believed to be the same man accused in the shooting death of a
Mississippi police officer and the wounding of another, the FBI said
Sunday.
The statement came hours after Phoenix police shot and killed a suspect after Saturday's bank robbery attempt.
"We
believe that this suspect is the same individual who is responsible for
the attempted bank robbery in Atlanta, the robbery of the BancorpSouth
in Tupelo, (Miss.), the shooting of Officer Joseph Maher, and the murder
of Officer Gale Stauffer," the Jackson, Miss., FBI bureau said in an
email statement.
Both
the Phoenix police and local FBI office declined to comment on Sunday's
FBI report from Mississippi. The FBI said more information would be
provided later in the day in Tupelo. The slain suspect's name has not
been released.
The two officers were shot Monday afternoon by a fleeing suspect following the robbery of the Tupelo bank.
Stauffer
died and was buried Friday following a funeral attended by as many as
1,000 people. Dozens of uniformed officers from Mississippi, Alabama,
Tennessee and elsewhere attended the service.
Tupelo
Police Chief Bart Aguirre told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
that Maher's condition has improved and he was able to walk some with
assistance on Friday. Maher moved out of the intensive care unit at
North Mississippi Medical Center and into a private room.
The
Phoenix shooting happened Saturday morning at a Compass Bank branch in
the near-northwest part of the city after someone reported seeing a man
run into the bank while wearing a mask.
The first officer to arrive saw the man leave the bank with a bag and a handgun.
"The
officer drew his service weapon and began giving the suspect commands
at which time the suspect raised his weapon and began firing at the
officer," police spokesman officer James Holmes said in a statement.
A detective who had just arrived at the scene shot the suspect, who was pronounced dead after being taken to a Phoenix hospital.
Holmes
said no officers or bank employees were injured. He says the two
officers involved will be placed on standard administrative leave.
The
FBI in Mississippi said the suspect in the fatal police shooting was
also believed to be involved in an Atlanta bank robbery. Surveillance
photos show a man wearing a black-and-white patterned jacket tried to
rob a Bank of America branch on Piedmont Road in Atlanta around 9:30
a.m. Monday. He was wearing a black ski mask and black gloves and
carrying a handgun.
After
failing to get any money from a teller, the man demanded and received
an undisclosed amount of money from someone who was using an ATM in the
bank's lobby. The man was seen leaving in a light gray car with no
license plate, possibly a Chrysler 200. Tupelo police believe the man
was driving the same car there.
The FBI had offered a reward for information in the case of $100,000, which raised the total reward over $200,000.
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