Two armed bandits escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash yesterday after robbing a First Citizens customer who was leaving the One Woodbrook Place branch.
According to police reports, around 3.30 pm the woman, who was accompanied by a male security guard attached to Security Analysts Services (SAS), was leaving the bank when two armed men robbed them of the cash and sped off in a white Mitsubishi Lancer.
After the duo were robbed the security guard fired at the escaping bandits 13 times, hitting the car 12 times, police said.
Police said the robbers might have been targeting the two, who conduct regular business on behalf of an organisation.
Sources at the bank said when the shots were fired clients, as well as staff at the loans department located close to where the shots were heard, began to scamper.
When the T&T Guardian visited the scene other security guards attached to One Woodbrook Place lauded the SAS officer as a hero and a “well-trained man” who was “serious about his job.”
Police were informed that one of the bandits had left the car and went inside Tru Value Supermarket where he was hiding out. As a result the grocery and other stores at the plaza closed earlier for the day.
The information turned out to be false, police said. Police added that they suspected at least one of the bandits might have been shot and they were requesting all medical institutions to report any incidents of gunshot victims.