Bank Employee Killed in Northern Iowa Robbery

Luverne, IA (AP)- Investigators say they have a suspect in custody after a shooting during a bank robbery left one woman dead in a small northern Iowa town.

Mitch Mortvedt of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says a suspect was detained Wednesday, hours after the robbery and shooting at the Security State Bank, the only bank in Lu Verne. He says a female employee was “just walking into the bank” when she was shot and killed.

The Kossuth County Sheriff's Office identified the woman as 43-year-old Jessica Weishaar, of Algona.