Saginaw Bank Standoff: Drone Delivers Beverage, Ends in Fatal Shooting

In Saginaw Township, Michigan, police deployed a drone to deliver a beverage to a bank hostage-taker, aiming to lure him out. Upon exposure, a trooper fatally shot the suspect. The hostage, a bank employee, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and later discharged.
The incident unfolded at Mercantile Bank on State Street, a bustling commercial area. Police closed a half-mile stretch of the street during the standoff. Spectators observed as the drone hovered and descended toward the bank, delivering the beverage that prompted the suspect's exposure and subsequent shooting.
The bank remains closed pending investigation, with multiple law enforcement agencies involved in the operation.