ATM Repair Person Shot To Death In Roselawn
September 30, 2014
An ATM technician went out to a job and didn't make it home alive Tuesday afternoon.
Police called the fatal shooting a "straight up ambush." The shots were fired just after 1p.m. in a parking lot on Reading Road and Losantiville in Roselawn.
The victim was hit several times. The parking lot where the man was shot was still taped off as detectives investigated the man's death Tuesday evening. People who live around the area heard 8 or 9 gunshots.
Police found the ATM repair technician shot to death in front of the machine; his work van was parked there as well. Police are looking to see whether the crime was caught by a surveillance camera in the area. They will not say whether they have any suspects.
Tracy Adkins heard the gunshots and said, "It's senseless, it's just senseless; a hardworking man trying to provide for him and his family. It's senseless with all of these guns. It's sickly. You scared to go anywhere in broad daylight, one o'clock in the afternoon, you at work and you get killed. It doesn't make any sense."
The man's work van said "Diebold" on it. The company has not commented.
Nearby schools -- Academy of Multilingual Emergent Studies and Woodward High School -- were placed on lockdown for a short period of time as police searched the area for the shooter and potential evidence.
So far, there are no reports of any arrests.
If you have any information that could help police call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
Police Investigating 'Ambush Robbery' Turned Homicide
September 30, 2014
Police are investigating an "ambush robbery" turned homicide at an ATM in Roselawn Tuesday afternoon.
The shooting occurred just after 1 p.m. at a PNC ATM in a parking lot on the corner of Kenova Avenue and Reading Road.
Officer Tim Hains said the suspect fled on foot. Witnesses are cooperating with police.
"Apparently the victim was shot at the ATM," Hains said. "He was shot several times by the suspect."
The shooting appears to have been random.
"It was particularly brutal," Hains said. "This appears to have been a straight-up ambush robbery. The suspect appeared to have staked out the ATM."
Hains said this type of killing is unusual, and that shootings in this area are usually drug related or retaliatory.
Letitia Scott works in the PNC building next to the crime scene and parks in the parking lot where the ATM is located.
"I pulled out just before this happened," she said.
The victim was shot next to a van with a logo for Diebold, Inc., a software company that provides ATM security and services, according to its website. The passenger door to the van remained open as police investigated.
The ATM was open as well.
Representatives at Diebold did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Scott said the victim was servicing the ATM and a representative from the company came out about once a month, though police have not yet confirmed that.
Dozens of people gathered around the parking lot, watching as police worked the scene. Some pressed up against the crime tape, while others held back near the PNC building and looking out across the parking lot.
Hains said many of them were waiting for their cars, blocked into the scene by the crime tape.
Lisa Harris, who has lived in the area since 2007, says she uses the ATM machine twice a week.
"This is daytime — I woulda never thought that," she said.
No arrests have been made, but police believe the suspect was alone.
Man Fatally Shot At Roselawn ATM
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