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Pizza Delivery Turns Into Fatal Heist
- Brian Wells took a pizza order to a TV transmission tower and returned to rob a bank with a bomb locked to his neck.
- He handed a teller an A4 of instructions demanding $250,000 and left with $8,702 before the scavenger-hunt began.
Public Panic And Tragic Detonation
- Police restrained Brian and waited for the bomb squad while the device began to tick and beep, increasing his panic.
- The collar detonated at 3:18 p.m., killing Brian instantly in a public, televised scene.
Deliberate Forensics Avoidance
- The bomb and scavenger hunt were meticulously designed with red herrings to confuse investigators and waste time.
- Components came from scrap or second-hand sources, making maker identification extremely difficult.