INDIANAPOLIS — A bank teller pregnant with twins was shot in the stomach during a robbery Tuesday morning, but both the teller and the fetuses survived the attack, authorities said.
The gunman came into the Huntington Bank branch around 9:30 a.m., jumped over the counter screaming and shot the teller, Lt. Jeff Duhamell said. He then fired another shot as he was running out of the bank, Duhamell said.
The bullet entered the abdomen of Katherin Shuffield, 30, who is five months pregnant, but missed both fetuses, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard said.
Shuffield was hospitalized in critical but stable condition, police spokesman Sgt. Paul Thompson said.
“This is senseless. Some poor lady, trying to make a living, pregnant, shot by a man without any provocation,” Police Chief Michael Spears said.
Duhamell said investigators didn’t know why the robber shot Shuffield. It’s unusual for bank robbers to shoot people because tellers are trained to hand over cash, he said.
“There’s no indication that he knew her,” Duhamell said.
