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National Briefing | Midwest: Illinois: Hostage Taker at Bank Kills Himself

A man who wrested a gun from a police officer and took a dozen hostages in a bank in Wheaton died after shooting himself in the head.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/us/06brfs-HOSTAGETAKER_BRF.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/us/06brfs-HOSTAGETAKER_BRF.html" border="0"/></a> </span>