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Article: 5 killed in bank robbery; Rural Nebraska: 3 suspects arrested several hours later and charged with murder
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- 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 manhunt ended a few hours later with three
suspects in custody and charged with murder.
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 mall parking lot. Another customer was wounded in the shoulder
by gunfire.
Authorities would ...