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Vietnam veteran kills three at home and bank hostage siege
William Griffin, 37, armed with a shotgun, killed his mother Gracy Anderson and a workman Thomas Cariala after wounding his stepfather Amos Anderson. He then took eight bank hostages at Security Trust Bank, demanded police execution, and was shot by a police marksman as he opened fire in the bank. A police officer was critically wounded. Griffin had a prepared list of agencies to contact and claimed his Social Security benefits were being taken away.
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Tochesthr Ups
Potice
Hin
Crs
William Griffin
Amos Anderson
Gracy Anderson
Thomas Cariala
Delmar Leach
Security Trust Bank
Leach
Griffin
Ernest Lofton Jr
U.S. Marshal’s
McLean
Vit
Albany
Griffis
Margaret Moore
Departments
Special Task Force
Rochester
Vietnam
PBI