2 employees killed in Kentucky bank robbery, suspect at large, police say

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Two employees were changeable and killed Thursday successful a slope robbery successful Kentucky, and a hunt was underway for the suspect, authorities said.

Kentucky State Police said a antheral wearing a light-colored hoodie, a disguise and gloves went to a U.S. Bank successful Brea, astir 36 miles southbound of Lexington, and changeable and killed a antheral and a woman, some employees astatine the bank. Their names were not instantly released.

"This is simply a unspeakable time for Brea," Trooper Scottie Pennington, a authorities constabulary spokesperson, said astatine a quality briefing. "They're our radical that enactment successful our community, and they're nary longer with us."

Pennington said authorities had immoderate leads and were "trying our champion to bring this evil idiosyncratic to justice."

It's unclear if the fishy near the slope with anything. Local and authorities constabulary responded on with the FBI and different national agencies.

State constabulary posted a photograph of the suspect connected societal media and asked the nationalist to telephone with immoderate information. Police said the antheral was astir 6-foot-3, and fled the country connected foot.

"If you spot thing unusual and you don't consciousness close astir it — you know, your dogs are acting weird — telephone us," Pennington said.

Nearby schools were concisely placed connected lockdown until officials determined the campuses were safe. Students weren't allowed to permission connected buses and alternatively had to beryllium picked up by their parents, Pennington said.

U.S. Bank told the Associated Press successful a connection that it was moving intimately with instrumentality enforcement and committed to supporting the victims' families and slope colleagues.

"We're profoundly saddened by the tragic lawsuit that took the lives of 2 of our employees astatine our Berea, Kentucky subdivision earlier today," the institution said successful a statement. "Our hearts spell retired to the families of the victims, our colleagues and the full Berea community."

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