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Fatal shooting linked to robbery Fatal shooting linked to robbery
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A link between a bank robbery in Ballymena and the fatal shooting of a man a short time later is being investigated by police. A link between a bank robbery in Ballymena and the death of a former police officer a short time later is being investigated by police.
At about 1000 GMT cash was stolen during an armed robbery of a branch of the Northern Bank on the Larne Road. At about 1000 GMT cash was stolen in an armed robbery of a branch of the Northern Bank on the Larne Road.
A man, a former PSNI officer, was then found in a car outside a house in the Loughan Hill area of Ballymena on Wednesday morning. Ninety minutes later a man was found in a car in the Loughan Hill area, suffering from a gunshot wound.
It is understood he had taken his own life. "Despite the best efforts of police and paramedics the man died at the scene," said a police spokesman.
A police spokesman said: "Despite the best efforts of police and paramedics the man died at the scene." "We believe this man took his own life as police arrived to question him about the robbery," said BBC NI reporter Nicola Weir.
It is understood the man was in his 40s and had been medically discharged from the PSNI in 2006.