The cops did the right thing from what I heard on the scanner. He yelled he was being shot at. Gave me the chills. Then I guess they took him out. Protecting himself and the people around. I spoke to an elderly woman that was in the store across the street and she saw it all. She could of been one of many victims if the police did not take action. Those cops are heros. No one was hurt but the robber.

It does not matter how well trained you are, when you take a life I would think it takes an emotional toll on you. No officer should have to go through this, but they do to protect us.

Thank you MPD and the rest of the cities that came in to assist.

Got to love Malden, the Ok Corral!

I am not violent in anyway and normally do not support the death penalty (slow torture is best) HOWEVER in this case, the little punks need to be harshly punished. None of this slip on the wrist kind of punishment.

Robbing and stealing not cool, not to mention endangering the lives of everyone around them.

Hopefully anyone else who is thinking of messing with Malden Police will think twice.

God Bless all the officers involved in yesterdays mayhem you all did a wonderful job keeping the people of this city very well protected !

Just wanted to say thank you to the malden police department and all the other police departments who helped capture the bank robbers. Awesome job it could of been a blood bath but they put their lives on the line to protect us. Also a thank you to MAYOR GARY CHRISTENSON for putting out the Emergency calls to the citizens of Malden Warning them to stay in doors. Fantastic job all around. Dont forget when you see a police officer today say thank you for a job well done.

A minor correction - the suspect that was arrested inside Granada was not 'tackled' - he was sitting on the ground when the 2 plain clothes police officers approached him, and cuffed him

Thank you so much to the Malden Police Department for putting your life on the line every morning to protect us, not knowing if your gonna come back home or not!!!

I wish the Melrose Patch would have picked up this coverage. We had between six and eight helicopters hovering over the wooded area behind our house for close to six hours and had no idea there might be a dangerous individual fleeing the police. I'm glad that the police did their job and nobody else was hurt.

Nowadays bank robbers should be hailed as heroes (if they don't use violence). The bankers are the real crooks and it is time "we the people" start standing up for our rights and not let the corrupt bankers and government steal from the hardworking people any longer. How many Americans lost their homes? their retirement funds? their life savings? I do not condone violence or crime but the banks got away with robbing the American people.

Danny Boy, how do you know what the robbers were going to use the money for. Maybe it was for food, housing or to pay for a sick child's medical treatment. Let's face it, these are desperate times and people are going to do what they have to do to survive. I am not condoning crime at all but I feel for the millions if not billions of hard working Americans who lost their jobs, homes, retirement funds etc. to the corruption going on in this country, It is time people wake up and see what is really going on. The corruption runs deep and there is no rule of law aymore. People's homes taken from them illegally, investments robbed by Wall Street thugs...Bernie Madoff was just the tip of the iceburg...Wall Street is a rigged casino...American middle class getting hit the hardest and need to fight to survive. You will see more and more unrest until the "real crooks" are incarcerated and we the people can take back our country. @Greg....nobody's complaining about prices....think most peeps just don't like to have their lives torn apart by banksters, wall st thugs, and a corrupt government.@Toni no it is not okay to traumatize people and yes law enforcement lives are at stake but the American people's lives are at stake also as long as we all sit back and pretend everything is okay. Everything is not okay.

Melissa- Sorry to disappoint you but the dead robber was a lifelong career criminal who should have NEVER been back on the streets. He was convicted of stabbing 2 or 3 people years ago. The other 2 have lengthy records as well. They made a decision to rob a bank , albeit a stupid one, and they'll live with the consequences, even if it means being shot to death . My heart isnt bleeding for his family or his daughter that all of us working slobs will be supporting now. You and the rest of the liberals in this state keep voting these jacka**es back into office and they keep appointing the same liberal judges and parole board members who release these thugs back into society. You CANT rehabilitate a junkie criminal ( Dominic Cinelli who shot and killed a Woburn police office - was a career junkie criminal who was sorry for his past and released .... SMH . Thanks to all law enforcement who put their lives on the line yesterday and every day .

Do we know know yet whether there really was a 4th person?

Also, waxing more philosophical - To compare what I experienced first hand with what I saw/heard reported has certainly been an eyeopener with regard to the credibility of what one sees/hears. Some of the TV news reporters reporting 'live' were really out of touch with what was going on. And while I certainly support police efforts, it seemed odd/overly zealous that one of the first police cars at the Granada arrest was from Everett. I also saw a Somerville car cruise by. It would have been helpful to have had some traffic control for all the motorists who had no idea where to turn to get to where they wanted (i.e. Skyline Drive is a dead end).

Yeah exactly, do we know whether there really was a 4th person?

Just about a month ago, there was a article said the crime rate in Malden was at the lower in past years. So what do you about this ?

I know one thing for sure: the extensive media coverage of this shootout is going to give Malden a lot of unwelcome negative publicity.

The negative publicity will only come from negative people who are not happy unless they are complaing about something. If you were to take a survey on how the police and everyone else handled the situation i for one would say 99.7 percent of the residents in the area would say the police did an excellent job. Thanks again to all the police departments and emergency personell who responded and put their lives on the line to protect us from further harm.

Melissa, SaugusBank is certainly not a part of what you're ranting against.'

There are better ways to show opposition than robbing a bank and shooting up a neighborhood.

two employeys from jrm carjacked,guns drawn swat at jrm. thank u mayor [code red]something out of dumb and dumer. thank u mayor smart move smarter than everyone.

The execution and response by police officials, SWAT, K9, Air Patrol and everyone else involved was like clockwork. Incidents as brutal as this are rare, but the way things unfolded and the immediate response time was as if they have done it every day. The training paid off.

Why are some here saying this crime gives Malden a black eye, it was commited in Saugus, none of the perps were from Malden, it just happen to end in Malden.

We have much to be proud of in our first responders. It is shameful the admin and council have not treated them accordingly. I don't know about anyone else, but I sure don't begrudge any of them a coffee break as this incident showed us, they are ready to take care of the scumbags who would not hesitate to harm our city and citizens.

Thank you to all the policemen for making my family feel safe after such a scary incident.

Aaron what do you do for your fellow man? You are a coward who hides behind a keyboard and should be ashamed of yourself for this comment. Where were you Friday night when this was happening?

Aaron your comment that the MPD doesn't do squat on a daily basis leads me to believe you must have been jumping out of planes in Afganistan on Friday, right hero.

Aaron, you come on and make such derogarory statements about our police and seriously believe that you're not going to get jumped on?

Ok, can we stop with all the name calling on this forum, and agree that MPD needs more officers assigned to its force to fight crime in the city? All this back and forth, tit-for-tat is reminding me of middle school again.

Time to move on, this is old news.

I think this blog has pretty much gone into the crapper, once the name calling starts it's time to put people on a time out.

Still waiting for your answer hero.

For the record, the suspects allegedly had another stolen "Switch Car" in a parking lot on Main St. in Saugus they apparently failed to reach because of the quick response by Saugus PD. It does not appear the suspects had any intention of coming to Malden as part of their established plans; judging by their actions they were in quite a state of desperation.

Anything more about why JRM was surrounded on Friday night?