'Grandma Bandit' Not a Woman?

DeKalb County police now believe the armed robber shot and killed Friday and known as the "Grandma Bandit" was actually a man, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting.

Here's a full report in the AJC:

The puffy-faced, middle-aged woman at the CVS checkout counter opened a black purse and showed the clerk a rusty gun. She said she was sorry, that she was dying of cancer and had no choice.

Atlanta Police Department Surveillance video showed this suspect, described as a 50- to 60-year-old woman, who is wanted in the robbery of multiple drug stores.

“Don’t be scared,” the woman said, according to police. “Just give me all the money in the cash drawer.”

Roxanne Taylor's  string of drugstore robberies -- daring heists that earned her the nickname "Grandma Bandit" -- ended Friday morning after she was fatally shot following a police chase. It was unclear if she died by her own hand or was killed by police, who fired multiple times after hearing a gunshot, authorities said. The DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office could not be reached Friday, and authorities were unable to confirm whether Taylor indeed  had a terminal disease.

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Taylor was shot several times and killed Friday morning following a police chase that began in Atlanta and ended when he pulled off I-85 onto the North Druid Hills Road exit and was involved in a minor traffic accident. A Walgreens at 2320 North Druid Hills Rd. was also the scene of one of her heists on May 16. Police believe he walked up to the cashier, pulled out a handgun, demanded money and left with an undetermined amount of cash shortly before noon, police said.

North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch will continue to follow this story as it progresses.