A father and son have each died after robbing a Connecticut financial institution after which being discovered with gunshot wounds following a six-hour standoff with police, in response to authorities.
Shaun Fallon, 56, and his 27-year-old son Zachary Fallon wore medical masks as they threatened a teller on the Chelsea Groton Financial institution in Groton at round 10:30 a.m. final Thursday, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money, in response to police.
Cops lastly discovered the getaway automobile at a close-by Tremendous 8 Motel round six hours later — sparking a standoff as the daddy and son claimed they “had been armed with each firearms and explosives and refused to give up,” Groton police stated
“Two gunshots had been heard contained in the suspects’ lodge room” round six hours into the standoff, police stated, with drones confirming that “each suspects had been incapacitated by obvious gunshot wounds.”
A bomb squad lastly cleared entry to the room, hours after the motel had been cleared of different guests.
Nonetheless, no explosives had been discovered, police stated, with out detailing what weapons the pair had.
The daddy and son — each from Charleston, Rhode Island — had been rushed to Lawrence Memorial Hospital the place Zachary Fallon was pronounced useless hours later.
The daddy was hospitalized for a number of days however later died from his accidents on Monday, police instructed the Connecticut Submit.
An official reason behind demise for each father and son shall be decided by the health worker’s workplace.
“This was an especially harmful and risky state of affairs, and I wish to commend the bravery and professionalism of all of the regulation enforcement personnel concerned in bringing it to an in depth,” Police Chief L.J. Fusaro stated in an announcement.
The investigation is ongoing, cops stated.
