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Suspect in custody after short hostage crisis at bank in US' Alabama

Montgomery, Jan 11 

 A suspect was taken into custody by police after taking hostages at the Alabama Credit Union in Tuscaloosa near the University of Alabama campus in the US on Tuesday and sparking a standoff.

No one was injured in the incident inside the credit union, ABC news quoted Tuscaloosa Police Lt. Teena Richardson as saying.

The Alabama Credit Union President also confirmed all of the employees were safe. 

Police chief Steve Anderson said that the incident began as a bank robbery, but police responded so quickly to the call that the suspect was still in the building by the time they reached the scene. The suspect then started taking hostages, he added.

Police stormed the bank, bringing the incident to an end, ABC news quoted Anderson as saying.

The suspect's connection to the bank is not immediately clear, police said.

The credit union is located across the street from the University of Alabama's law school. The University of Alabama issued a campus alert when the hostage situation was reported, urging people to avoid the area.

Prior to the suspect's capture, video from the scene showed SWAT team members outside of the bank with their guns drawn as a police helicopter hovered over the building.

The suspect's identity has not been released by authorities. 


New York, Jan 10
What seemed a bank robbery at the Alabama Credit Union in Tuscaloosa has turned into a hostage situation, with one suspect barricaded inside the building near the University of Alabama campus in the US.

A gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage, Lt. Teena Richardson of the Tuscaloosa Police Department told media.

Nearby businesses were being evacuated and the area was closed off to the public. The FBI hostage negotiator has yet to establish contact with the gunman, police said.

"It didn't come in as a robbery," Richardson said. "We don't know what the issue is."

All credit union employees were safe, Alabama Credit Union CEO Steve Swofford told WBRC.

The Tuscaloosa Police Department, the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, the University of Alabama Police Department and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency were working the scene jointly, Richardson said.