Robert E. Pierre Washington Post Staff Writer
The Washington Post
09-30-2002
A Nightmare in 40 Seconds; Nebraska Town Reels From Deadly Bank Robbery
Byline: Robert E. Pierre Washington Post Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: A Section
NORFOLK, Neb., Sept. 29 --
-- It was all over so quickly -- 40 seconds, police say -- that the robbers
may not have gotten away with any money.
They came shooting into the U.S. Bank branch Thursday morning with handguns,
and when they were done, four longtime bank workers and a customer were
dead.
The alleged assailants had been in trouble before, but those who knew them
casually said they had been mostly small-time troublemakers. The sudden
violence of the crime ...