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Article: Five Killed in Neb. Bank Robbery
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- September 27, 2002
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NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) _ Three holdup men shot five people to death in
a bank robbery Thursday before fleeing into the Nebraska countryside
in a stolen car. A few hours later, three suspects were taken into
custody and charged with murder, but authorities were still searching
for a fourth man.
It was the nation's deadliest bank robbery in more than a decade and
it spread fear across northeastern Nebraska. The men allegedly stole
two cars in their bid to escape, taking one at gunpoint in this small
farming town.
Four employees and a customer were killed at the U.S. Bank branch,
a one-story stucco building with twin glass doors in the middle of
a strip ...