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SWAT Sniper Ends Florida Bank Hostage Crisis: Suspect Shot and Killed

In Fort Myers, Florida, a hostage situation at a Bank of America ended with the suspect, identified as Sterling Ramon Alavache, being shot and killed by a SWAT sniper. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno described the incident as “chaotic” and revealed that the armed suspect, wielding a knife and claiming to have a bomb, took two hostages. Despite deploying SWAT,…