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Small town cop shot ...Hostages held

tobefree
I've been to this little town.... very nice quite place. Too bad this had to happen.


ARCOLA, Ill. - Authorities surrounded a bank in the tiny farming community of Arcola Thursday where a suspect in the shooting of a sheriff's deputy holed up inside with five hostages.


Three of the hostages were later released, but the suspect remained inside with the others several hours later, State Police Sgt. Bill Emery said.

"We have had contact with the (suspect) in the bank. At this time I'm unsure of what he wants," Emery said. "Our plan is to talk to the subject. We want this to be as peaceful as possible."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_re_us/bank_deputy_shot
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  • fishermanben
    I'm only 12 miles from there. I know many people in the area, and maybe even a bank teller there.

    I hope everything turns out okay.

    Ben
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  • spryor
    "At this time I'm unsure of what he wants"

    I imagine he wants to get out of there without getting mowed down...

    and hopefully with the cash.[;)]
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  • SuburbanNoize
    when asked by a reporter, "why do you rob banks?" Bank Robber responded, "because thats where the money is."

    any one know who said this?
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  • tobefree
    quote:Originally posted by fishermanben
    I'm only 12 miles from there. I know many people in the area, and maybe even a bank teller there.

    I hope everything turns out okay.

    Ben


    Yea me too! Did some Work there twenty five years ago or so...Fine people that treated us like gold!!!
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  • 47studebaker
    willy sutton ?
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  • dongizmo
    quote:Originally posted by SuburbanNoize
    when asked by a reporter, "why do you rob banks?" Bank Robber responded, "because thats where the money is."

    any one know who said this?

    john Dillinger
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  • Chief Shaway
    About 20 miles from there. They got him out of the bank and the last hostage unhurt. Last I heard the cop that got shot was hit twice. In the head and the chest. Was in stable condition.
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  • William81
    I was traveling today and was in the area when this all occured. My family was in the car with me. We were moving right along when I saw several squad cars coming up fast behind me. I pulled over
    and a grey van flew by just missing a Ford Escape in the fast lane.

    The Van actually passed the Escape on the far shoulder...we noticed the back window was missing in the van as it went by. As we passed the Arcola exit, we could see a State trooper pulling a shotgun out of his trunk.

    Several squad cars passed us coming from the other direction. We stopped off for gas an hour or so later and there was a ISP Trooper
    getting gas. I asked him what was going on and at the time he said
    a guy had shot a Deputy Sheriff. He said there was a stand off at a bank in Arcola.

    We traveled the rest of the day and were amazed to see the story on
    the net.....Glad he was not shooting as he went by us as indicated
    in the news story.
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