ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A suspect who was shot and killed during an alleged attempted robbery at a credit union’s ATM here had previously pleaded guilty to a similar crime at the same credit union.
Jordan Pruitt, 19, was shot in self-defense by an armed guard while an ATM was being serviced at Vantage Credit Union, as CUToday.info reported.
“Essentially, it was an attempted robbery of the guy who was servicing the ATM machine,” St. Louis County Police Lt. Matt O’Neill told Fox2/News 11. “He was getting money out of the machine. They were waiting on the parking lot for him.”
The holdup victim was actually going to surrender the money to Pruitt and his two accomplices when at least one of the suspects opened fire, police told the news outlet. The other two suspects drove away from the scene. They remain at large.
According to Fox 2/News 11, Pruitt pleaded guilty to a holdup at another Vantage Credit Union ATM in December 2017, about three miles from the scene of the shooting. “In the 2017 case, court documents said Pruitt put a deadly weapon, a knife, against the victim’s neck as he was servicing the ATM; after being scared off by an armed eyewitness, Pruitt ran to a nearby shopping strip and tried to rob a woman of her car before he was captured.” Fox 2/News 11 stated.
Last month, Pruitt pleaded guilty to four felonies in 2017 case. His sentencing had been set for Jan. 21. According to Fox 2/News 11, Pruitt was out of jail after St. Louis County Judge David Vincent lowered his bond over the objection of the prosecutor.