STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A gang of bank robbers who took three women hostage during their getaway attempt and waged a deadly, high-speed gunbattle with police were heavily armed, had ammunition magazines taped or strapped to their bodies and intended to kill, police said Thursday. Two of the robbers were killed Wednesday afternoon along with a hostage who police said was used by the only surviving suspect, 19-year-old Jaime Ramos, as a shield. “In my over two decades of law enforcement I have never seen or experienced this type of...
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