Facing financial meltdown, with electricity turned off by power company, Christine Lucas’ plan to die by police gunfire worked

(RISING SUN, MD) – A woman facing foreclosure on her home, and who had been living without electricity for several months, and who police say left a suicide note, and provided the note and documents to her son was shot dead by Maryland State Troopers as she aimed a gun at the officers.

Worcester Sheriff Police Beat / Hare will dwell like a turtle in slammer for bank heist

Hare admitted that after robbing the tellers in the lobby, Hare found a bank employee who had locked herself in a back room of the bank. Hare forced open the locked door and demanded her car keys and her purse. The employee gave Hare her purse, which contained cash and personal effects, and the keys to her car, a 2007 Kia Spectra, which was parked in the bank’s parking lot.