North Carolina:
A teenager who detained several people inside a North Carolina suburban bank on Thursday emerged from the building holding a gun to the head of one of his captives and was shot dead and shot immediately by the police.
None of the hostages or officers involved were injured, authorities said.
"This is absolutely not how we wanted this to end," Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore said.
The teenager took seven people inside the bank hostage on Thursday during an attempted robbery.
Police arrived within two minutes.
After three hours of tense negotiations with the help of a hidden hostage who was feeding information to the authorities, the robber had released four of the hostages.
As darkness fell, Mitchell slowly walked out of the bank with the woman hostage.
Officers swarmed and the suspect fell to the ground amid a cluster of gunshots and smoke.
The hostage fell to her knees but was apparently unharmed.
"All of the sudden the K-9 unit and it's handlers saw the man run out of the bank and he took off and all of the sudden the guns just started firing," said 16-year-old Zackery Marvel, who watched the dramatic conclusion from an apartment complex nearby.
Bazemore said she stood behind her officers but the State Bureau of Investigation would be assessing the shooting, as it typically does with all shootings involving law enforcement officers.
None of the hostages or officers involved were injured, authorities said.
"This is absolutely not how we wanted this to end," Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore said.
The teenager took seven people inside the bank hostage on Thursday during an attempted robbery.
Police arrived within two minutes.
After three hours of tense negotiations with the help of a hidden hostage who was feeding information to the authorities, the robber had released four of the hostages.
As darkness fell, Mitchell slowly walked out of the bank with the woman hostage.
Officers swarmed and the suspect fell to the ground amid a cluster of gunshots and smoke.
The hostage fell to her knees but was apparently unharmed.
"All of the sudden the K-9 unit and it's handlers saw the man run out of the bank and he took off and all of the sudden the guns just started firing," said 16-year-old Zackery Marvel, who watched the dramatic conclusion from an apartment complex nearby.
Bazemore said she stood behind her officers but the State Bureau of Investigation would be assessing the shooting, as it typically does with all shootings involving law enforcement officers.
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