Robin Reno, the cattery manager at Shelter on the Hill, said, “We are very grateful that they want to pick us to be the recipient of all this good stuff for our animals.”
f.b.i. has on the line. a reward for finding this man. the prime suspect in the shooting of a police officer, a string of bank rab reese. robberies. this is choice of weapon earned him the name of the ak-47 band date. dan springer is live. reporter: he has hit three banks in all. the first two were in northern california. the most recent one here in washington state. that one happened on july 6th at about 6:00 at the chase bank in north bend, which is about 30 miles east of seattle. he walks in wearing a ski mask and pointed that ak-47. he yells in a loud voice, goes up to the teller demanding cash and then walks out just seconds later with a handful of money in his hand, that one free hand. his first robbery was february 29th in chino, california, where he called in a bomb threat as a diversion, then robbed the california bank and trust. in that heist he was also
dan springer has more live from seattle. reporter: this robber appears to be heavily armed. he s got that ak-47, as you mentioned, it s also loaded with a drum magazine. he s also shown he is willing to use it. in his first robbery in chino, california, back in february he call inside a bomb threat from a pay phone near the california bank and trust. after that diversion, he went into the bank, demanded money, and as he was walking out of the bank he fired several shots at a police officer who was in his patrol car. the officer was injured, and the suspect got away. a couple of weeks later he struck again in northern california. he wore a bircht bullet-proof vest and did not fire shots. four months later he was back at it, but this time he was here in washington state. this was a chase bank in north bend, a small town east of seattle. again, he wore a full ski mask and walked out quickly with a fist portfolio of fist portfolio of money.