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Two dead, three injured, one hostage, a shooting in the middle of a public street and moments of panic left an attempted bank robbery in the city of Santa Marta.
According to preliminary information from the authorities, the cinematic crime occurred at noon this Thursday, at the El Reposo neighborhood headquarters of the Mundo Mujer bank.
Two thieves on a motorcycle and armed with guns they tried to carry out a blockbuster, but the community soon notified a police patrol that was in the neighborhood, and it called for reinforcements.
On the way out they found themselves surrounded, so They took an employee of the establishment hostage. They pointed guns at her and used her as a human shield, until they released her to escape.
It was at that moment that the shooting broke out. One of the assailants died at the scene., known in the underworld as “Care Loco.” His crony was injured and he was captured.
The tragedy came when, in the middle of the exchange of gunfire, a stray bullet hit a motorcycle taxi driver, who later died in a medical center.
According to Colonel Jorge Bernal, commander of the Santa Marta Metropolitan Police, the patrol officers recovered the money and cell phones that the thieves had taken from the bank and its users.
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