Police Investigate Possible Connection in Heartland Bank Robberies

Police say they had no other choice but to use that deadly force after a high-speed chase resulted between officers and 51 year old Ronald Wade. Police say Wade robbed the Security Bank in Newbern, Tennessee, on Wednesday. Police chased him to Dyersburg. He pulled over and during a brief shoot out, Wade was killed, and a Dyersburg officer was injured.

"Sometimes we have to defend life, and he was hit a couple times, his patrol car was hit a few times, he had to end, to end, to end the gunfight." said Lt. Isbell.

Kentucky State Police tell us with Wade's death, they can close the books on two unsolved bank robberies, .including one in Monticello, where police got this surveillance picture of Wade. After the Monticello robbery, ...... Kentucky State Police released a description of wade and a man that may have been with him during the robbery---32 year old lLuther Self.

That's where Heartland News noticed a possible connection between that robbery and the man who held up the Integra Bank in Brookport, also on Wednesday.

The Brookport robber is described as a white male, around five foot eight, with a dark complexion. So is Luther Self. We turned over this information to both the FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Both agencies are trying to track down Luther Self and see if there is a connection between these cases.

Stay with Heartland News for the latest updates on this story.