According to the caller, Sterling Ramon Alavache, 36, held a black square-figured item in his hand and said he had a bomb.
Fort Myers News-Press
Two days after an armed man entered a Fort Myers bank and said he had a bomb, leading a sniper to fatally strike him, authorities have released the first 911 call.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday afternoon released what they say is the first official 911 call from inside the Fort Myers Bank of America where Sterling Ramon Alavache, 36, took hostages by force.
During the roughly two-minute-and-47-second call, a woman said she just entered the bank, her voice shaking.
The caller said she ran out of the Bank of America Bell Tower, 13099 U.S. 41 S.E., when she saw Alavache enter with a “hoodie” and jump over the counter where she was trying to make her deposit.
According to the caller, Alavache held a black square-figured device in his hand and said he had a bomb.
About two minutes into the call, it appears the dispatcher attempted to make contact with the caller, but was unable to. Alavache was audible in the back asking who was there.