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Gunfight erupts on Fifth Avenue as bank robber killed
In a snowbound Manhattan chase, police wounded and a bank robbery suspect killed after he fired from behind parked cars at police and bystanders. The Bowery Savings Bank robbery netted about 3900 dollars. A taxi pursuit ended amid gunfire near 38th Street and Fifth Avenue. Bystander John Wallace was lightly wounded. Officer Fred Marinovich, 30, was critically injured with a bullet traversing to the abdomen.
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New York
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Bowery Savings Bank
47Th Street
Avenue of the Americas
Lasko
McGuire
Schrafft's
Mid-Manhattan
Marinovich
Bellevue Hospital
John Wallace
Lasco