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Justin Franklin wrote:I think you are correct. If I recall the stories correctly, the first guy ran when the officers first showed up and the second guy gave himself up a short time later. That would have made the situation inside the bank a one-on-one shooting scenario. However, we don't know what things were like inside the bank. Maybe engaging the bad guy would have only made things worse.

IMO, once they've shown they're willing to shoot it out with the cops, any of them coming back in get shot. It's going to be a hostage situation at that point, and they're not scared to pull a trigger. I don't care to take the chance of being the first one executed to let the cops know they're not happy with the negotiations.

Besides, the last thing they'll expect during the retreat is to start taking fire from their "safe" area. It might well be the last opportunity to catch them that far off guard.

Anybody close getting any better news on this? Last I've heard was the police and FBI are still negotiating wih the robbers, but that's what they've been saying for a couple hours now.

Maybe all the CHLForum members nearby are actually inside, trying to figure out how they're going to chamber that first blank one-handed while waving a CHL badge with the other hand.