Michigan cops use Faygo to lure, fatally shoot armed financial institution suspect | EUROtoday

A tense hostage standoff at a Mercantile Bank in Michigan resulted in a dramatic and lethal confrontation Friday after police used an uncommon tactic: delivering Faygo soda by drone.

The incident started round 5:30 p.m. when Quinton Marquese Allen, 31, entered the State Street department in Saginaw Township armed with an unspecified weapon, however not a gun, and took an worker hostage, triggering a multi-hour standoff.

In an try to get Allen out of the financial institution, police deployed a drone carrying a bag containing a 24-ounce crimson Faygo soda can for him.

When Allen moved into view by means of the constructing’s glass, a state trooper shot and killed him.

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Allen by no means received maintain of the bag, police mentioned.

After Allen was shot, the hostage emerged from the financial institution and requested for assist. The sufferer was injured and brought to hospital for therapy however later launched.

The financial institution stays closed till additional discover, however thanked authorities on Facebook for his or her “swift and professional” response.