Mar. 11, 2021 4:20p; Updated 3-13 with ID
(WGTD)--With police closing in, a suspected Sturtevant bank robber purportedly shot and killed himself Thursday morning.
According to a news release from the Sturtevant and Mt. Pleasant police departments, an armed robbery occurred at the Tri-City National Bank on Hwy. 11 in Sturtevant shortly after 11 a.m.
A Mt. Pleasant police officer spotted the suspect's vehicle about three miles away near Hwy. 20 and Oakes Rd. The pursuit went west on Hwy. 20 for a couple of miles before the vehicle slowed down.
Turns out the suspect shot himself and died a short time later.
The man was identified as 42-year-old Kenneth F. White of Aurora, Illinois.
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