RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Federal authorities Sunday said they were filing new charges against a Zebulon bank robbery suspect who threatened to blow up the business — and was later wounded and captured later in the day after Christmas during a wild shootout with Rocky Mount police.
“As alleged, this defendant didn’t just rob a bank – he threatened innocent civilians with explosives and then opened fire on police officers,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a news release. “That is not desperation, it is domestic terror.”
Willie McGee Jr., 42, of Rocky Mount already faces numerous charges — including multiple counts of attempted murder — after authorities said he robbed a bank in Zebulon late Friday morning.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina announced Sunday that McGee was now charged with bank robbery and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence…