Authorities have arrested two suspected bank robbers after chasing them through East Hartford on Wednesday, according to police.
Police said the men are accused of robbing a Wells Fargo bank at 18 Main Street in East Hartford around noon Wednesday. Both were armed with guns and led police on a foot chase prior to their arrests.
Officers spotted the suspects, who have since been identified as Hartford residents Anthony Shipman and Jason Vaughn, near the American Eagle Credit Union at 317 Main Street and ran after them, according to police.
The suspects split up and Vaughn tried to steal a car from a woman with two children on Ensign Street, police said. Officers caught them and took them into custody.
Police confiscated a .32-caliber revolver and .22-caliber handgun used in the robbery, along with a stolen Nissan Maxima. Authorities said earlier in the day that they saw a possible suspect getting into a Nissan.
Shipman and Vaughn, both 30 years old, have each been charged with robbery, larceny, threatening, weapons violations and interfering with police. Shipman was also charged with driving with a suspended license.
Vaughn was additionally charged with attempted carjacking, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and criminal trover.
