ROBBERY SUSPECTS TO FACE DEATH PENALTY.Byline: Theresa Moreau Daily News Staff Writer All suspects apprehended in connection with Tuesday's shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. on the steps of a Van Nuys bank in which one suspect was shot to death by security guards will face the death penalty, authorities said Wednesday. Because a death occurred during the course of the foiled takeover robbery of the Great Western Bank, 6569 Van Nuys Blvd., state law allows charging the surviving suspects with murder, said a spokesman for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County District Attorney's Office. Police have not released the name of the suspect who is in custody in serious condition with gunshot wounds to his upper body and left arm. The dead man has been identified as Ladon Jayson Reed, 23, of Los Angeles, said Scott Carrier Scott Carrier is an American author and radio producer. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Written work
The three men still being sought were described by police as African-Americans in their 20s. The shootout occurred Tuesday morning when retired law enforcement agents working as security guards for the bank noticed a car with five men inside circle the bank a couple of times, police said. Suspicion rose to alarm when the car stopped, and three men got out of their Oldsmobile Cutlass The Oldsmobile Cutlass was an automobile made by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors. The Cutlass was introduced in 1961 as a unibody compact car competing with the Dodge Lancer and Mercury Comet. sedan Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. and donned ski masks. ``The retired officers confronted these individuals outside the bank and shots were exchanged, as far as I know,'' said Los Angeles police Lt. Tony Alba. Reed died at the scene. The wounded suspect was taken to a nearby hospital. The third masked man escaped by running through the bank out the front door. The two men remaining in the getaway car getaway car n the thieves' getaway car → el coche en que huyeron los ladrones getaway car n → voiture prévue pour prendre la fuite escaped by fleeing the scene. Police later recovered the car, which they said was stolen. Usually bank robberies The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. fall under the jurisdiction of the FBI and federal courts, but this case will fall under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office because of the death penalty aspect, said FBI special agent William Rehder, bank robbery coordinator. |
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