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Post by redstone14 on Mar 18, 2017 0:04:33 GMT -5
metro-security-guard-wont-be-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-suspected-robber-at-alpine-bank-in-rockford Laurence Turner Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 12:04 PM Mar 15, 2017 at 12:14 AM Georgette Braun Staff writer @georgettebraun ROCKFORD — The Metro Enforcement guard who fatally shot a suspected robber Jan. 20 at Alpine Bank in Rockford will not be charged, Winnebago County State's Attorney Joe Bruscato and Rockford police announced at a news conference today. Bruscato said the security guard, Brian Harrison, a retired Winnebago County Sheriff's Department deputy, shot and killed the suspect, Laurence Turner, 34, of Rockford in self-defense and in defense of others. Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea said that Turner also robbed at gunpoint Rockford financial institutions and a retailer: Mincemoyer Jewelers on Nov. 23, when a laptop was stolen; Harvard State Bank on Nov. 28, when an undisclosed amount of cash was taken; and Members Alliance Credit Union on Dec. 16, when money was stolen. Turner is not suspected in any other robberies, O'Shea said. Video surveillance footage from Alpine Bank shows a man wearing a ski mask and gloves entering the bank, firing into the ceiling and then at Harrison, as Harrison fires back. Turner tried to exit the bank but fell to the ground by the door. He was shot twice — in the chest and the buttocks. Three bank employees were on duty and a customer was in the drive-through when the shooting occurred at the bank at 2218 N. Mulford Road at 3:50 p.m., Bruscato said. No one else was injured. Bruscato said an autopsy showed Turner had opiates, as well as THC, the active ingredient in cannabis, in his system. O'Shea said Turner's family cooperated in the investigation. Turner's mother, Lucille Turner, a retired teacher, told the Register Star in January that her son had taken her Hyundai Santa Fe without her knowledge the day of the robbery. She said he did construction work and was a disc jockey for weddings and at bars. Alpine Bank said in a letter to the editor in January that the security guard on duty "acted with courage and quickness to protect our family. You are a hero to each and every one of us." Harrison was on administrative leave. Jennifer Cacciapaglia, corporate counsel for Metro Enforcement, said Harrison is "ready to be back on duty" and will be working as a bank security guard as early as today. www.rrstar.com/news/20170314/metro-security-guard-wont-be-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-suspected-robber-at-alpine-bank-in-rockford
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