BREAKING: MA Man Who Robbed Bank and Shot at Officer Is Captured in Providence
Thursday, May 23, 2019
A Massachusetts man who robbed a Somerville bank and fired at an officer has been captured this morning in Providence.
The capture was made at 42 Leah Street.
Providence Police, State, and federal law enforcement agencies spent weeks searching for that man who they said robbed the Middlesex Federal Savings Bank in Davis Square three weeks ago.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe man, who police have described as Hispanic, got away—but not before exchanging gunfire with a Somerville Police officer who interrupted the robbery.
A Good Samaritan also tried to stop the robber. Surveillance video from a nearby business shows the bystander knocking a bag out of the suspect's hands as he ran from police.
