Photos: Fatal gun battle after bank robbery leaves 3 dead

Crime & Public Safety

Photos: Fatal gun battle after bank robbery leaves 3 dead

Stockton police on Wednesday were investigating an armed bank robbery and high-speed chase ending in a shootout that left two suspects and an innocent hostage dead.

Stockton Police officers at the scene where bank robbery suspects with hostages were stopped at Thornton Road and Otto Drive Wednesday July 16, 2014. Cars and houses were riddled with bullets during a high-speed chase and hostages were thrown from a fleeing SUV after a bank robbery Wednesday that led to the deaths of a hostage and two robbers, police said. (AP Photo/The Record, Craig Sanders)

Stockton Police officers at the scene where bank robbers with hostages were stopped Wednesday July 16, 2014. Cars and houses were riddled with bullets during a high-speed chase and hostages were thrown from a fleeing SUV after a bank robbery Wednesday that led to the deaths of a hostage and two robbers, police said. (AP Photo/The Record, Craig Sanders)

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

Police said at least two people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a bank robbery and high-speed chase in Stockton Wednesday afternoon.

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Stockton Police officers at the scene where bank robbery suspects with hostages were stopped at Thornton Road and Otto Drive Wednesday July 16, 2014. Cars and houses were riddled with bullets during a high-speed chase and hostages were thrown from a fleeing SUV after a bank robbery Wednesday that led to the deaths of a hostage and two robbers, police said. (AP Photo/The Record, Craig Sanders)

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