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James Buettner
United States · Aged 23 · Died 09/06/2002
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James Buettner reportedly shot himself as police closed in after a bank robbery and car chase. Police said Buettner and Chancel Gridiron, 34, held up the UMB Bank at the Brentwood Promenade and then led officers on a pursuit along residential streets through several St. Louis suburbs before Buettner crashed into a culvert. When police approached the car, they said they heard a gunshot. Officers reportedly found Buettner with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Buettner died at a hospital about 9 hours later.
Alleged responsible partyBrentwood Police Department, St. Louis County Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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