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Suspect Killed; Officer, Guard Hurt In Pinole Bank Robbery Shootout

PINOLE (CBS SF) -A Pinole police officer and a security guard were injured in a shootout in Pinole Wednesday morning that left one suspect dead and another injured, police said.

The incident began shortly before 9:20 a.m. when two men attempted to rob a Loomis armored truck in front the Wells Fargo bank in the 1300 block of Fitzgerald Drive.

Details about what happened next were not immediately available, but police could confirm that a female security guard was injured by gunfire.

A Pinole police officer responding to the incident was shot in the shoulder but was able to shoot and kill at least one of the suspects.

KCBS' Anna Duckworth Reports:

Another suspect was arrested after he showed up at Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo seeking treatment for a gunshot wound. He was transferred to John Muir Medical Center, police said.

The officer and the security guard are both expected to survive, police said.

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