‘Leprechaun’ bank robber shot dead by police

TWO bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, were shot dead after a St Patrick’s Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee.

First State Bank in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin was held up by a man who wore a costume and carried a large-caliber gun, said Sgt Bill Storment, a spokesman for the Gallatin Police Department.

Sharon Riehemann, manager of the Fifth Third Bank next door, said the costumed man — wearing a green top hat, vest and shorts and a fake brown beard and wig — had come into her bank a few minutes before the robbery. The lobby was crowded with lunchtime customers.