Final Hostage Escapes After St. Cloud Bank Robbery: Police

ST. CLOUD, MN — A final hostage escaped Thursday night after a bank robbery turned into an hours-long standoff with authorities in St. Cloud, authorities said. Once the last hostage fled to safety at about 10:15 p.m., police arrested the male suspect.

There were no injuries reported in the incident, the Star Tribune reports. Tactical units from the St. Cloud Police Department and the FBI collaborated at the scene as the situation unfolded.

Five Wells Fargo employees were taken hostage after the robbery was reported at 1:45 p.m., and a nearly nine-hour standoff ensued.

The suspect went on Facebook Live at one point, authorities said.

The suspect allowed the first hostage out of the bank at about 6:30 p.m., FOX 9 reported. Three others were freed in the following couple of hours.

"The last hostage that was being held took his chance and made a run for the door," St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said at a news conference.

"As he was running towards the door, both tactical units, ours from the St. Cloud Police Department and the FBI tactical unit made a simultaneous entry and took the suspect into custody without incident."

The suspect has been involved in violent crimes in the past and was due in court Thursday for one of those offenses, police said. Authorities are discussing whether the case should be handled in state or federal court, according to FOX 9.