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Money courier shoots at 2 armed men who tried to rob him at Massachusetts bank

Swansea police searching for second suspect in attempted armed robbery of money courier
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SWANSEA - A money courier fired two shots at two armed men who tried to rob him at a bank in southeastern Massachusetts Monday.

It happened around 12:50 p.m. at the Bay Coast bank on Route 118 in Swansea.

Police say that two men attempted to hold up the courier who was making a delivery there. But the courier fired two shots at the men, who took off in a U-Haul van. 

The van was later found on fire and abandoned.

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Police investigate the abandoned U-Haul off of Route 188. WPRI

Police said the suspects fled into Rhode Island before the driver was arrested. He was identified as 29-year-old Giovany Fouyolle of Randolph.

The other man has not been found yet.

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