ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — Police in Aliquippa said a man wanted for his involvement in an armed robbery was not inside a home where they were trying to serve a search warrant Wednesday.
Officers surrounded a home on Jones Street for several hours after trying to serve Jesse Bates with a warrant related to the Sept. 14 robbery.
Several people exited the home, possibly including children, Channel 11 learned. Bates, 18, was believed to be inside, but after a thorough search he was not found.
Some of the officers involved in the standoff were involved in a Tuesday standoff with an armed man in Renfrew. Troopers shot and killed that man when he pointed a rifle at them.
"Of course, any situation where there's a warrant for violent crimes -- any incident, really -- we have to assume that (he's armed), so we're taking every precaution possible," said state Trooper Dan Kesten.
Police are now looking for Bates and another man, Caleb Murray of Sewickley, in connection with that armed robbery.
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