WKMG News 6: Florida SWAT sniper shoots, kills man who was holding hostages at bank

A man who was holding hostages at a Florida bank was shot and killed by a SWAT sniper.

The man had threatened to rob and bomb the bank while holding two people hostage.

He became physical and held a knife to a woman’s throat, leading to the intervention of the SWAT team, which resulted in the fatal shooting of the suspect.

The incident took place at a Bank of America branch in Fort Myers, Florida. The SWAT sniper’s actions were in response to the immediate threat posed by the armed suspect to the lives of the hostages.

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