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An armed thief walked into the Fulton Bank at 2400 Conrad Weiser Parkway in Womelsdof Borough just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17 carrying a rifle and a backpack, troopers said in a release.
The robber fired one shot toward a bank teller, demanded money, then fled the scene in a silver Chevrolet Impala, they said.
The next day, Wednesday, Jan. 18, state police were executing a search warrant in connection with the robbery at a home on Tulpehocken Forge Road in Heidelberg Township. When they arrived at about 2 p.m., troopers heard a gunshot from inside the house.
They gained entry to the home about three hours later at 5:15 p.m., and found the teen boy dead. The Berks County Coroner's Office has ruled his death a suicide, troopers added.
The youth's identity was not released, though WFMZ reported his age as 16.
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