After a nationwide manhunt for a suspected cop killer, the FBI now believes the unidentified suspect was killed in a shootout with Arizona police on Saturday.
According to the FBI, the suspect was killed after robbing another bank in Phoenix. Around 10 a.m. the suspect entered a Phoenix bank with a gun. After taking cash from the bank vault, the alleged suspect attempted to flee, but then encountered a Phoenix police detective. Shots were exchanged and the suspect died from his wounds.
The bank was the third known robbery or robbery attempt linked to the suspect within the last week.
Officials had conducted a massive nationwide manhunt for the unnamed suspect after he allegedly shot two police officers after robbing bank in Tupelo, Miss. on Dec. 23. One of the officers was fatally wounded.
The news of the alleged suspect's death comes just one day after officials connected the suspected bank robber to a third robbery attempt in Atlanta. According to police, just hours before the fatal incident in Mississippi, the suspect unsuccessfully tried to rob a Bank of America with a gun. After initially failing, the suspect then walked outside and robbed a person at the ATM.
FBI Special Agent Steve Emmett told reporters the security camera images of the suspect in Atlanta were similar to those in Tupelo.
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