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Armored truck robbery leaves 2 shot, 3 arrested http://www.privateofficer.com
WEST PALM BEACH, FL July 31 2008
By: Rick McCann
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
http://www.privateofficer.com/ An armored car security agent was shot in the leg and the driver was also wounded by a gunshot during an attempted robbery outside of a Wachovia bank, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responding to the robbery say armed subjects confronted a Loomis armored car driver, shortly after 10 a.m., after the vehicle pulled up at the Wachovia Bank at 4900 Okeechobee Boulevard in Suburban West Palm Beach.
Deputies responding to the robbery say armed subjects confronted a Loomis armored car driver, shortly after 10 a.m., after the vehicle pulled up at the Wachovia Bank at 4900 Okeechobee Boulevard in Suburban West Palm Beach.
The Loomis employee was re-stocking an ATM outside the bank when a group of men armed with an assault rifle and several handguns jumped out of a blue van.
The group of men and the armed guards exchanged gunfire. A witness inside the bank claims to have heard at least 12 shots.
The group of men and the armed guards exchanged gunfire. A witness inside the bank claims to have heard at least 12 shots.
During the attempted robbery, the armored car passenger was shot in the leg. The driver, who was also wounded by a gunshot, drove the armored car to Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach. The driver’s injuries were minor. The passenger is expected to survive.Police captured the one suspect left behind on a nearby street. The armed gunman fled and left a black ski mask and blue clothing near a canal bank.Deputies say the men were wearing blue and left in a blue van.
The clothing and the vehicle have been found.The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office has set up a perimeter from Military Trail to Haverhill Road, and from Belvedere Road to Okeechobee Boulevard.
The sheriff’s department has now captured three of the five men wanted as of Thursday morning.
Sheriff investigators are calling the driver of the armored car a hero and said that he took heroic steps to save both his life and his partners.
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