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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 death of a former police officer is being investigated. | |
| At about 1000 GMT cash was stolen in 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. |
| Ninety minutes later Edward Richard Hanley, 37, was found in a car in the Loughan Hill area, suffering from a gunshot wound. | |
| "Despite the best efforts of police and paramedics the man died at the scene," said a police spokesman. | "Despite the best efforts of police and paramedics the man died at the scene," said a police spokesman. |
| "We believe this man took his own life as police arrived to question him about the robbery," said BBC NI reporter Nicola Weir. | "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 Mr Hanley had been medically discharged from the PSNI in 2006. |