Video: Hostage-taker killed outside NC bank

RALEIGH, N.C. — A bank employee who called 911 at the beginning of a three-hour standoff told dispatchers that she was ordered to call police by the armed man who was holding another worker at gunpoint, according to an audio tape released Friday.

Police say 19-year-old Devon Mitchell of Cary barricaded himself inside the Wachovia branch with as many as seven hostages, including one who was hidden and feeding information to authorities. Four people were released during the standoff and then police shot and killed Mitchell as he emerged from the bank Thursday night with a gun pointed at the head of a hostage.

Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore has said she did not want the hostage situation to end as it did but she stands by how her officers handled it.

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