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I wonder if this is some sort of metaphor:

Armed Bank Robbers Hit Wachovia in Northwest D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Police in the District are searching for a pair of armed bank robbers who burst into a Wachovia Bank in Northwest D.C. on Friday afternoon and demanded cash from the teller.

Investigators say it happened just as people were sitting down to lunch outside the Wachovia Bank on Connecticut Avenue NW near Van Ness. They say one of the robbers was armed with a shotgun and the other with a handgun.

According to police, the two men ordered the teller to open the vault, and then pistol-whipped her when she couldn't. They say instead, the men bagged cash from the drawers and then took off.

One witness who asked not to be identified told FOX 5 that's when he encountered the suspects up close.

"Two guys came running by the building and I bumped into one of them, brushed him and see his-- what looks like a gun he's carrying-- and the two of them carrying garbage bags with what looks like money," the witness told FOX 5.

Posted by edelfenbein at October 3, 2008 6:00 PM