Man fatally shot by police responding to bank robbery in U.S. city Baltimore
                 Source: Xinhua | 2016-09-24 05:28:07 | Editor: huaxia

This file photo taken on May 27, 2016 shows a woman walking into a Wells Fargo bank in Washington, DC. The powerful Financial Services Committee of the US House of Representatives announced September 16, 2016 they will investigate allegations that Wells Fargo fraudulently opened millions of unauthorized customer accounts. Wells Fargo, the second largest USbank by market value, this month paid $185 million in fines as it admitted that employees had boosted sales figures by opening some two million deposit and credit accounts in customers' names without their knowledge. (AFP PHOTO/Nicholas Kamm)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- One man was fatally shot and another suspect detained Friday by police in the U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, local media reported.

The shooting took place in the Brooklandville area in north of Baltimore, where police were responding to a robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank in the 1500 block of Reisterstown Road, the reports said.

The victim was shot while fleeing the scene in a car, and the second suspect, reportedly involved in multiple other recent bank robberies, was wounded and taken to a hospital for treatment, police spokesman John Wachter was quoted as saying.

Wachter said one of the police officers was wearing a body camera, but the police video was not reviewed yet. It remained unknown whether the officer with the camera was the one who fired the weapon.

The identities of the victim and the second suspect were not released.

Friday's shooting followed two other recent deaths of people engaged in some ways with county police, according to a report by The Baltimore Sun.

A 21-year-old man named Tawon Boyd died on Wednesday after he was wounded in a confrontation with police on Sunday in Essex.

The police have also been criticized for the death of Korryn Gaines, 23, who was fatally shot by an officer in her apartment last month. Police said she pointed a shotgun at the officers during the standoff.

The Friday shooting also came after three days of protests and violence in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, that were sparked by Tuesday's fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a black man, by a local police officer.

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Man fatally shot by police responding to bank robbery in U.S. city Baltimore

Source: Xinhua 2016-09-24 05:28:07

This file photo taken on May 27, 2016 shows a woman walking into a Wells Fargo bank in Washington, DC. The powerful Financial Services Committee of the US House of Representatives announced September 16, 2016 they will investigate allegations that Wells Fargo fraudulently opened millions of unauthorized customer accounts. Wells Fargo, the second largest USbank by market value, this month paid $185 million in fines as it admitted that employees had boosted sales figures by opening some two million deposit and credit accounts in customers' names without their knowledge. (AFP PHOTO/Nicholas Kamm)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- One man was fatally shot and another suspect detained Friday by police in the U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, local media reported.

The shooting took place in the Brooklandville area in north of Baltimore, where police were responding to a robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank in the 1500 block of Reisterstown Road, the reports said.

The victim was shot while fleeing the scene in a car, and the second suspect, reportedly involved in multiple other recent bank robberies, was wounded and taken to a hospital for treatment, police spokesman John Wachter was quoted as saying.

Wachter said one of the police officers was wearing a body camera, but the police video was not reviewed yet. It remained unknown whether the officer with the camera was the one who fired the weapon.

The identities of the victim and the second suspect were not released.

Friday's shooting followed two other recent deaths of people engaged in some ways with county police, according to a report by The Baltimore Sun.

A 21-year-old man named Tawon Boyd died on Wednesday after he was wounded in a confrontation with police on Sunday in Essex.

The police have also been criticized for the death of Korryn Gaines, 23, who was fatally shot by an officer in her apartment last month. Police said she pointed a shotgun at the officers during the standoff.

The Friday shooting also came after three days of protests and violence in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, that were sparked by Tuesday's fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a black man, by a local police officer.

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