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FBI agent guns down bank heist suspect
By Laurel J. Sweet and Michele McPhee
Friday, March 25, 2005 - Updated: 04:49 AM EST
A career con wanted for robbing a Kenmore Square bank by pointing a pistol square at a teller's face was wounded in a fusillade of bullets fired by an FBI agent yesterday in Dorchester.
Investigators believe Kenneth G. Robinson, 44, is the armed robber captured March 1 on a security tape at Citizens Bank on Brookline Avenue whipping a gun from his goosedown jacket and menacing a teller with it before fleeing with an undetermined pile of cash.
But when the FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force caught up to him yesterday after a three-hour search, the gun-toting bank robber was unarmed, sources said.
It was unclear what prompted the agent to open fire, but the shooting blew out the rear and side windows of a 2002 silver Toyota that belongs to Robinson's mother. A bullet also had pierced the windshield.
The car had careered onto the sidewalk on Callender Street before coming to a stop in a hedge.
``When I looked out the window, the police were already out of their cars with their guns drawn,'' said witness Coria Watson, demonstrating the crouch stance taken by FBI agents. ``I heard shouting, but I couldn't hear what they were saying to him.
``Whatever it was, he wasn't having it,'' she said. ``I counted six shots, but it may have been more. When I walked out, I could smell the gunpowder. I was terrified.''
Yesterday, FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz said Robinson is expected to survive.
``He's fine,'' she said.
Marcinkiewicz refused to provide details on the incident or comment on whether Robinson was armed. She did say, ``A car can also be used as a deadly weapon.''
Late yesterday afternoon, Robinson's father, Jacob King, 88, invited police to rifle through his family's Mattapan home, saying, ``We ain't got nothing to hide.''
King's wife, Aggie, was at Boston Medical Center looking for answers about what happened to their son.
``I ain't found out how many times he was shot, or who did the shooting,'' King said. ``We want to know exactly what happened to him.''
Robinson is accustomed to encounters with the police. His rap sheet is 36 pages long, listing arrests for a series of violent acts - including a conviction for trying to run over a cop with his car, sources said.
By Laurel J. Sweet and Michele McPhee
Friday, March 25, 2005 - Updated: 04:49 AM EST
A career con wanted for robbing a Kenmore Square bank by pointing a pistol square at a teller's face was wounded in a fusillade of bullets fired by an FBI agent yesterday in Dorchester.
Investigators believe Kenneth G. Robinson, 44, is the armed robber captured March 1 on a security tape at Citizens Bank on Brookline Avenue whipping a gun from his goosedown jacket and menacing a teller with it before fleeing with an undetermined pile of cash.
But when the FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force caught up to him yesterday after a three-hour search, the gun-toting bank robber was unarmed, sources said.
It was unclear what prompted the agent to open fire, but the shooting blew out the rear and side windows of a 2002 silver Toyota that belongs to Robinson's mother. A bullet also had pierced the windshield.
The car had careered onto the sidewalk on Callender Street before coming to a stop in a hedge.
``When I looked out the window, the police were already out of their cars with their guns drawn,'' said witness Coria Watson, demonstrating the crouch stance taken by FBI agents. ``I heard shouting, but I couldn't hear what they were saying to him.
``Whatever it was, he wasn't having it,'' she said. ``I counted six shots, but it may have been more. When I walked out, I could smell the gunpowder. I was terrified.''
Yesterday, FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz said Robinson is expected to survive.
``He's fine,'' she said.
Marcinkiewicz refused to provide details on the incident or comment on whether Robinson was armed. She did say, ``A car can also be used as a deadly weapon.''
Late yesterday afternoon, Robinson's father, Jacob King, 88, invited police to rifle through his family's Mattapan home, saying, ``We ain't got nothing to hide.''
King's wife, Aggie, was at Boston Medical Center looking for answers about what happened to their son.
``I ain't found out how many times he was shot, or who did the shooting,'' King said. ``We want to know exactly what happened to him.''
Robinson is accustomed to encounters with the police. His rap sheet is 36 pages long, listing arrests for a series of violent acts - including a conviction for trying to run over a cop with his car, sources said.
Can't you just picture this "witness" imitating the officers/agents kneeling? I can.
