'Leprechaun' bank robbers die in Tennessee shootout

Fri Mar 19, 2010

BBC News

Two suspected bank robbers, one of them wearing a St Patrick's Day costume, have been killed in a shootout with police in Tennessee.

First State Bank in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin was held up on Wednesday by a man dressed as a leprechaun, police said.

The man left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money.

Both suspects were shot dead when they ditched their vehicle and ran into a field, pursued by police officers.

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