Person of interest in custody after 2 employees fatally shot in Kentucky bank robbery

A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shootings of two bank employees during a robbery in Kentucky, authorities said.

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A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shootings of two bank employees during a robbery, a Kentucky state trooper said Friday.The person is “believed to be involved” in the bank robbery in Berea on Thursday, Trooper Justin Kearney posted online.A man wearing a gray-white hoodie, gloves and a mask entered a branch of U.S. Bank in Berea and shot a male and female employee on Thursday, state police said.Law enforcement officials went door to door in search of information and surveillance video, as well as using helicopters, drones and dogs. The Lexington Police Department, county sheriff’s offices took part in the search, along with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.“This was a team effort,” Kearney posted Friday morning.He did not provide further details.U.S. Bank said it was working closely with law enforcement and committed to supporting the victims’ families and bank colleagues.Berea is about 36 miles south of Lexington.

BEREA, Ky. —

A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shootings of two bank employees during a robbery, a Kentucky state trooper said Friday.

The person is “believed to be involved” in the bank robbery in Berea on Thursday, Trooper Justin Kearney posted online.

A man wearing a gray-white hoodie, gloves and a mask entered a branch of U.S. Bank in Berea and shot a male and female employee on Thursday, state police said.

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Law enforcement officials went door to door in search of information and surveillance video, as well as using helicopters, drones and dogs. The Lexington Police Department, county sheriff’s offices took part in the search, along with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“This was a team effort,” Kearney posted Friday morning.

He did not provide further details.

U.S. Bank said it was working closely with law enforcement and committed to supporting the victims’ families and bank colleagues.

Berea is about 36 miles south of Lexington.