Michigan Police Use Drone to End Saginaw Bank Hostage Standoff

In Saginaw Township, Michigan, police resolved a multi-hour hostage situation at a Mercantile Bank by using a drone to deliver a beverage to the gunman, luring him out of the building. The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Quinton Allen, held a 40-year-old female bank employee hostage before police negotiated and deployed the drone carrying a Faygo Redpop soda. When the suspect exposed himself to grab the drink, a Michigan State Trooper fatally shot him. The hostage sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was treated and released from a local hospital. The incident caused a half-mile stretch of State Street to be closed for several hours, and the bank remains closed during the ongoing investigation. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Michigan State Police and Saginaw Township Police, were involved in managing the standoff.