Hostages held inside Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud, Minnesota; police and FBI negotiating for their
Source: St Cloud Times
Updated 9:44pm ET May 6, 2021
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Several bank employees are being held hostage inside a Wells Fargo bank and police are trying to negotiate their release with the help of the FBI.
Negotiators were working late into the evening - six hours into the standoff - to free all hostages. At least four of the captives had been released as of 8:30 p.m. CT.
It's unclear how many people remain inside the bank.
The reporter posted a video Thursday evening showing a female hostage being released to awaiting armed law enforcement officers outside the front door of the bank. Someone inside also hurls what appears to be a wad of cash out the door, and the bills float in the air for several seconds.
A short time later, another video from the same reporter showed a second female hostage being released and led outside the bank. Two videos around 30 minutes later show a third and a fourth hostage walking out of the bank doors to police. ........................
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