Local News in Brief : Robber at Bank Shoots, Kills Sylmar Man, 25
Aman was shot and killed by a robber late Monday while accompanying a friend to deposit a shoe store’s receipts at a Sylmar bank, police said.
The man, Sanford Maurice Taylor, 25, of Sylmar, was pronounced dead at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills, where he was taken after the 10 p.m. shooting, Los Angeles Police Lt. Bob Stemples said.
Taylor was with an unidentified employee of Payless Shoesource who was taking money from the store to a nearby Security Pacific Bank in the 12600 block of Glenoaks Boulevard, Stemples said.
When the woman left her car to make the deposit, a gunman approached and demanded money, Stemples said. The shooting occurred as the woman was complying with the demand, he said.
The gunman got almost $1,000, Stemples said.
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