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Article: A Nightmare in 40 Seconds; Nebraska Town Reels From Deadly Bank Robbery [ Corrected 10/11/02 ]
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 30, 2002
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-- 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 is what confounds
locals. And because some of the suspects are Hispanic, some within
that community are worried that everyone will have to pay for the
actions of a few.
"To the white community, please accept our profound condolences
and sorrows," Abraham ...