The 'good guy' bank robber: A double life ends in a hail of deputies' bullets - Sun Sentinel
When Billie Jo Carr offered to accompany Charles Ziegler to the dentist on that fateful Thursday morning, all she knew was that her close friend had a toothache . What she did not know was that on the five-minute drive from her Pompano Beach home... As soon as Ziegler shoved his white Lexus into park, Carr said, "The bullets were flying. "The only thing that saved me was God and Charles pushing me out the car door," said Carr, who is 79. "He was screaming, 'Mrs. From the pavement of the parking lot, Carr said she looked up to see Ziegler's lifeless body, slumped across the front seats, his head resting where she had been sitting. Ziegler "entered into a struggle with our deputies," Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said during a news conference, at the scene, on June 11. "During a portion of the struggle he became free from their physical grasp. Some bystanders recalled hearing 10 shots, others as many as 30. Ziegler was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators have not said if Ziegler fired his weapon. Ziegler's death not only stunned his family and those who thought they knew him well. Source: www.sun-sentinel.com
