Pregnant bank teller shot during Ind. robbery
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - April 22, 2008 Indianapolis police spokesman Lt. Jeff Duhamell said the teller,
who is five months pregnant, was in serious to critical condition
but was alert when taken to a hospital.
"This is senseless. Some poor lady, trying to make a living,
pregnant, shot by a man without any provocation," said
Indianapolis Police Chief Michael Spears.
The gunman came into the Huntington Bank branch around 9:30
a.m., jumped over the counter screaming and shot the teller in the
lower abdomen, Duhamell said. He then fired another shot as he was
running out of the bank, he said.
Duhamell said the shooter got away with money, but would not say
how much.
Schools in the area were locked down as police searched for the
shooter. They were combing streets and a large field behind the
bank in search of the shooter.
Police said the suspect jumped into the passenger side of a car
to get away, suggesting that more people were involved in the
robbery.
Duhamell said it is unusual for bank robbers to shoot anyone
because tellers are trained to simply hand over the cash.
One customer and three employees were in the bank during the
robbery, a Huntington spokeswoman said.
