ANDOVER, Mass. – An armed suspect who barricaded himself inside a vehicle on I-495 near Andover and Lawrence has died of an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” state police said.
Anthony Miele, 49, of Quincy shot himself Tuesday night as police negotiators tried to get him to surrender peacefully. He was taken to Lawrence General Hospital where he died, police said.
The standoff began after a state police sergeant spotted a BMW wanted in connection with a string of bank robberies outside Digital Federal Credit Union on Broadway in Methuen. When officers tried to stop the car after it pulled away from the bank, the driver fled onto 495, pulled over into the grass median and barricaded himself in the vehicle for about two hours before turning the gun on himself, state police said.
Neither officer fired their weapons, and Miele was the only person inside the vehicle, police said.
Norton police said Monday afternoon that officers responded to the Bluestone Bank on Main Street for an attempted robbery. Employees reported that a person dressed in all black clothing, wearing a black face mask and bulletproof vest aggressively tried to open the bank’s front door, but the door was locked.
After video footage was retrieved from the Bluestone Bank, the suspect’s vehicle was determined to be the same make and model as Miele’s vehicle that was located Tuesday night on I-495.
Detectives believe Miele was the same person involved in bank robberies in Easton and Lincoln, Rhode Island, in June.
This is still an active investigation.
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