Gunfire erupts during Indianapolis bank robbery; no injuries reported

INDIANAPOLIS – A gunman fired into the ceiling of a bank branch during a robbery Friday afternoon with about 20 people inside the building, police said.\nNo injuries were reported among the customers and workers at the National City Bank branch on the city’s west side. Police officers arrested two suspected robbers a short distance away.\nA police bomb squad used a robot to examine a device which one of the robbers left on a teller’s counter and told those inside the bank that it was a bomb, police Lt. Doug Scheffel said. The device, which was made of three gray tubes and beeping electronic equipment, was found not to be an explosive.\nThe robbers’ planned escape route was blocked by a police officer who drove into the bank’s parking lot. The men fled the bank by breaking out a window, but were soon caught.