PEARLAND, Texas (AP/Yahoo) – Authorities say two armed robbers are holding hostages at a bank in a suburb of Houston.
Pearland Police Lt. Onesmio Lopez says the assailants struck and injured the manager of the Chase Bank in Pearland just after entering the building Friday morning. Lopez says he doesn’t know how many hostages are inside the building and that police are negotiating with the robbers to try to end the standoff peacefully.
The Houston Chronicle reports that more than 50 police officers have surrounded the building and sealed off nearby streets.
Employees of stores near the bank told the newspaper they heard gunshots.
FBI spokeswoman Pat Villafranca says agents from the Texas City office are assisting police.
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