Suspect In Bank Robbery Shot, Killed By Police Following Chase

Fri., Dec. 29, 1995

From Staff And Wire Reports

Two men sought after a bank robbery Thursday led officers on a chase that ended when one man was shot and killed, police said.

The second man, who was not injured, was booked into the Idaho County Jail, Lewiston police Lt. Tom Lee said.

One man armed with a shotgun and another carrying a semiautomatic handgun held up First Federal Savings and Loan on Thursday afternoon and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash, Lee said.

A patrol officer spotted a car matching the description of the robbers’ vehicle and gave chase, Lee said. The car pulled over at one point but then took off at high speed as officers approached on foot.

The car led officers from the Lewiston Police Department, the Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Department and the Idaho State Patrol on a chase on U.S. 95 that ended in the Idaho County town of Ferdinand, about 40 miles southeast of Lewiston, Lee said.

The car pulled over and one of the two men fired a shot at officers, Lee said. One of the officers returned fire, killing the man.

No one else was injured.

Lee refused to identify the officer who fired the fatal shot. The dead man was not immediately identified.

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