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  1. Deputies and the FBI were dispatched around 11 a.m. to a bank robbery at the Bank of America in the area of Bell Tower Shops in Fort Myers. Upon arrival, LCSO said dozens of people fled from the ...

  2. Feb 7, 2024 · As officers tried to get a would-be bank robber in Florida to surrender, the man decided instead to take two hostages. The robbery attempt, hostage situation and sniper fire brought a bustling suburban area lined with chain restaurants, hotels, an outdoor mall and office buildings to a terrifying halt around lunchtime Tuesday as the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded with tools including ...

  3. Feb 7, 2024 · SWAT sniper kills suspect in hostage situation at Florida Bank of America, officials say. According to Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno, law enforcement officers immediately began negotiating with the suspect, identified as 36-year-old Sterling Alavache, who took two hostages and threatened them with a knife while saying he had a bomb.

  4. A man was shot and killed by a police sniper during a bank robbery on Tuesday. The man, who police identified as 36-year-old Sterling Ramon Alavache, was accused of holding two hostages at a Bank ...

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  6. Feb 7, 2024 · A sniper killed a Florida bank robber as he held a knife to a hostage’s throat. Authorities say a deputy shot and killed a man Tuesday after he took people hostage and claimed to have a bomb at a Florida bank (Feb. 7) FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — As officers tried to get a would-be bank robber in Florida to surrender, the man decided instead to ...

  7. Feb 7, 2024 · A bank robber was shot and killed by a sniper on Tuesday after he grabbed a hostage and held a knife to her throat. The suspect was later identified as 36 year-old Sterling Avalanche. “Shortly after 11 a.m. we received a call of a bank robbery in progress with multiple hostages,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told reporters during a ...

  8. Feb 8, 2024 · Then the man inside the bank grabbed the woman and put the knife to her throat. “When he presented deadly force like that, our SWAT sniper shot and killed the suspect,” Marceno said. “We were in fear for her life and her safety.”. The attempted robber was identified as Sterling Ramon Alavache. Authorities did not immediately confirm ...

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