Saanich bank robbery

2022 - 7 - 3

Saanich, B.C., shootout witnesses recount 'terrifying trauma' of bank ... (CBC.ca)

Police in Saanich, B.C., announced Saturday that they're letting locals back into what was for days a crime scene, nearly a week after a shootout left six ...

"It's back and forth, you know?" "It will likely replay in their minds over and over again," Duthie told reporters. "Being a victim of crime ... is a traumatic experience that may produce physical, emotional and psychological responses you do not understand," says the province's website for victims. Saanich police Chief Const. Dean Duthie says the day was distressing for everyone — witnesses, cops and bank staff. she said in an interview Wednesday. "It's like grief. "To all customers and staff, please know the Saanich police is thinking about you and hope you have support." That's what I'm thinking." He thanked neighbours and businesses for their "understanding" amidst the disruption to their lives. "It is important to know everyone experiences the effects of crime differently." But for witnesses to the deadly violence last Tuesday, the trauma of the events lingers. For witnesses to the deadly violence last Tuesday, after-effects of the incident linger

Brothers in botched B.C. bank robbery had become angry and ... (The Globe and Mail)

According to one of the brother's online footprints, he was becoming increasingly angry and radical, obsessed with guns, explosives and perceptions of ...

Police have said officers, including members of the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team, were first called around 11 a.m. on Tuesday to a report that armed men had entered a BMO branch at the corner of Shelbourne and Pear streets. A young woman who went to school with the triplets said the brothers were extremely shy, to the point of it being debilitating. Another young man who was close to the brothers grew up near them in Shawnigan Lake, rode the bus to school with them every day, and spent a lot of time in their home. He said the two were into shooting and hunting as kids. Isaac’s Instagram page shows a certificate for pre-reservist military training, but the brothers do not appear to have received formal training beyond this. Mr. Henry also recalled seeing photos of the brothers in tactical gear. At a news conference, the RCMP described the brothers as twins. While it is unclear who is filming these handheld videos, other posts show the two Auchterlonie brothers standing together in the forest. Both were “very quiet and very shy,” he said. More than a dozen posts on Isaac’s Instagram featured what appear to be glorifications of violence toward state officials and police. As children, according to their closest friends, they were shy, a little nerdy and liked fantasy novels and Star Wars figurines. On Sunday, Victoria Police spokesman Bowen Osoko said that one remains in hospital but all three face “a long road ahead.”

Scene of Saanich, B.C., shooting cleared, businesses reopened ... (CTV Edmonton)

The remaining businesses on Shelbourne Street in Saanich, B.C., that had been closed after last week's shooting at a Bank of Montreal branch have now ...

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Saanich bank robbery and shootout has echoes of North Hollywood ... (Times Colonist)

The North Hollywood shootout involved two bank robbers wearing bulletproof vests and homemade body armour on their legs and carrying automatic rifles.

Witness Shelli Fryer, 59, told the Times Colonist she was in the manager’s office of the Bank of Montreal for an appointment when there was an “incredible explosion.” Then a man carrying an assault rifle and wearing a balaclava asked the manager for access to the vault. They allegedly filled a jam jar with gasoline and put it in the back seat of their vehicle to set it on fire and destroy the evidence. At the time of the Bank of America robbery that was unheard of,” said Horsley. “It was a landmark incident in policing for North America,” said Horsley. “The Bank of America robbery was used for training police officers. Horsley said despite the time gap, he wondered if it was a copycat case. They entered the Bank of America at 9:16 a.m. on Feb. 28, 1997.

Gunmen in Saanich bank robbery identified as twin brothers in ... (mycariboonow.com)

The two deceased males are 22-year-old twin brothers, Mathew and Isaac Autcherlonie from Duncan, BC. According to police, neither brother had criminal records, ...

“The motive behind the armed robbery and subsequent exchange of gunfire with police has not yet been determined. The two suspects in Tuesday’s shooting at a bank in Saanich have been identified. “We understand that the release of the names of the two deceased may answer the ‘who’, buth there are still many outstanding questions and investigation efforts that need to take place in order to fully understand what took place and why,” said Cpl. Alex Berube.

'I was speechless': Former classmate of Saanich bank shooters ... (CHEK)

On Saturday, the BC RCMP named the 22-year-old Duncan brothers as the two deceased shooters from Tuesday's deadly incident. CHEK News spoke to one former ...

In the video, Isaac’s page showed footage of the two firing weapons into fields, anti-government messages, and messages against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “They tended to just keep to themselves and not really mingle that much. She described the two as ‘very shy.’

Bank robberies on decline in Canada, says SFU criminologist (Castanet.net)

Organized bank robberies are becoming less common in Canada because they are not lucrative now that little cash is on hand because so many financial ...

Gordon said he’s mystified by what motivated the Saanich bank robbers. The famous Baker Street robbery in London in 1971 falls into that category. Banks tell staff that their lives are worth more than the money and to hand it over, he said. It could be someone who is engaging in crime to survive, he said. Gordon said one type of robbery will see someone walk into the bank, point a gun at tellers, tell customers, “Hands up. The customer who was trapped in the bank said she had been hiding near the safety deposit boxes and that the armed man had said “vault” to the bank manager.