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FBI offers $20,000 reward for 'AK-47 Bandit'

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    Suspect wanted for bank robberies, shooting police officer

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Thousand dollars that's what the FBI has on the line a reward for finding this man.

The prime suspect in the shooting of a police officer string of bank robberies this choice of weapon earned -- the nicknamed the AK 47 -- -- springer's on this story out of Seattle where this guy strike again.

Well bill the FBI says he has now hit three banks and all the first tour in northern California the most recent one here in Washington State that one happen.

On July 6 at about 6 o'clock at the Chase Bank in north bend which is a ball thirty miles east of Seattle.

He walks in wearing a ski mask -- pointed -- AK 47.

He yells no loud voice goes up the teller demanding cash and then walks out just seconds later with a handful of money in an in his hand that one free hand.

His first robbery was February 20 ninth in Chino, California where he called -- a bomb threat as a diversion then -- the California bank and trust.

In that heist.

He was also wearing a bulletproof -- that said sheriff on it.

Ended up shooting a police officer then a couple weeks later he was also wearing body armor when he robbed a bank in fact the -- California.

So he's going into banks in smaller towns and yet fully loaded with a possible for a possible shoot out.

In that California robbery he is also -- has a magazine slung over shoulder so he is ready for.

Odd duck shoot out if it happens I don't know what what do police know about him what do they collect -- They don't have a lot of background information have a physical description -- described as a white male 35 to forty years old with a stocky build who they think he's around six -- six feet two.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- He's left the banks in three different vehicles most recently -- -- dirty reddish.

Or judge Jeep Patriot or liberty it may have an -- -- license plate.

And has a big blue stripe across the top Pete -- is getaway vehicle right -- front of the banks.

He is obviously considered armed and dangerous and the FBI is currently offering as you -- a 20000 dollar reward.

For information leading -- was captured the big concern of course is that he may have had weapons training and he's shown that he is willing to use that fire power -- and dance for her live in Seattle -- that story keep this up.

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