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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, January 15, 1993                   TAG: 9301150204
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: ABINGDON                                LENGTH: Short

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GUNMAN ROBS BANK IN ABINGDON

A man in a ski mask fired a bullet into the wall of Dominion Bank on Abingdon's Main Street on Wednesday morning and forced three tellers to empty their cash drawers into a pillow case he was carrying.

Capt. Robert Bumgarner of the Abingdon Police Department said the man came into the bank about 9:55 a.m. brandishing a long-barreled revolver. He fled with an undetermined amount of money in a gray four-door sedan driven by a second man.

The gunman was described as wearing dark trousers and a blue jeans jacket. The driver wore a plaid shirt and cap. They drove east on Colonial Road from the bank.

- Southwest bureau

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