It made the job a little bit more difficult than it should have been, but it is what it is,” said Anderson. “That’s accurate to say, because it’s already been placed out there on that demon, that social media demon. The chief also addressed a video that the suspect streamed lived on social media during the incident when asked by a reporter if it was “accurate to say he (McNeary) was taking some of the hostages’ phones and then using that to go live on social media?” Cloud, Minnesota, during an active hostage situation. The motive was not known at the time of the press conference and, according to Anderson, police are still investigating whether the hostages were being held at gunpoint.Ī woman is seen walking out of the Wells Fargo bank in St. “When we got there, we discovered that several people had already fled the bank, about five bank employees remained and were being held hostage,” Anderson said.
The branch manager of the bank called police because there was a disgruntled male customer in the business and he was concerned for the safety of the employees and customers, Anderson said.Ī short while later, police “received a panic alert indicating a bank robbery was in progress,” said Anderson. CT Thursday for reports of a possible robbery in progress, St. Cloud officers were called to the bank around 2 p.m. Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall did not provide details on charges for McNeary, but said she had been in contact with the US Attorney’s office about the “most appropriate place for charges to be brought.” The Stearns County Attorney’s Office told CNN that if the case remains in their jurisdiction, McNeary will be charged this afternoon. The suspect did not have a firearm and no firearm was found on the scene, the St. Police identified the suspect as Ray Reco McNeary.
Another woman is seen walking out of the Wells Fargo bank in St.
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