CHICAGO -- The suspect in a Saturday morning Wicker Park bank robbery slit his throat with a box cutter as police were moving in to arrest him, sources said.
Police from the Wood and Shakespeare districts responded to the robbery at the bank around 9:20 a.m., a Wood District sergeant said.
A man was transported in critical condition from the TCF bank inside the Jewel grocery story, 1341 N. Paulina, to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, with a self-inflicted wound, said Larry Langford, spokesman for the Chicago fire department.
According to a source, the suspected robber slit his throat with a box cutter before police could arrest him, creating a gruesome scene.
The Chicago FBI field office said they had no information to share on the incident.
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