Fullerton Police Fatally Shoot Bank Robber In His 70s With Fake Bomb

The masked man produced a white box that he said was a bomb and threatened to detonate it, police said.

The Wells Fargo bank on Bastanchury Road in Fullerton in August 2022. Google Maps/Screenshot via California Insider

A man in his 70s who was believed to have a bomb was shot and killed by police during a bank robbery in the Orange County city of Fullerton on March 26, the Fullerton Police Department said in a statement.

The incident occurred around 5:09 p.m. after police responded to a robbery in progress at the Wells Fargo Bank at 141 W. Bastanchury Road.