Bank Robber Falls and Dies in Queens

A bank robber has apparently died after falling from an elevated subway platform while trying to evade police, the NYPD said Monday.

Around 1:35 p.m., the thief entered a Capital One Bank branch on 113th Street and Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park, Queens, and demanded cash. A bank clerk gave the robber some cash with a dye pack. He then fled the bank, but outside he encountered police officers, so he ran up subway stairs.

The robber then apparently jumped from the platform, possibly hoping to get away from the officers, and fell onto 113th Street and died, police said.