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Hostages Pearland "Chase Bank" Robbery - A hostage situation at a Texas bank ended Friday afternoon with all hostages safe and suspects in custody, said Lt. Onesimo Lopez of the Pearland Police Department. Lopez said that two armed men had taken an undisclosed number of employees and customers hostage during the bank robbery Friday morning in suburban Houston. The first suspect was taken into custody in the early stages of the robbery when there was an exchange of gunfire, detectives told CNN affiliate KPRC. The second suspect was taken into custody at the end of the standoff, police said. Hostages Pearland "Chase Bank" Robbery Some hostages were released earlier in standoff, and two were released at the end of the event, Lopez said. About four hours after the situation began, police used a "flash-bang" diversionary device in the Chase Bank branch, Lopez told reporters. Once the faceoff ended, police escorted from the building three persons wh...