Leprechaun bank robber shot dead

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Two bank robbery suspects, one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, have been shot dead after a St Patrick's Day chase and shootout with US police in Tennessee.

Sergeant Bill Storment said the First State Bank in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin was held up by a costumed man, and the suspects fired at police during a car chase.

A news release said the two ran into a field and died when they exchanged fire with officers.

Sharon Riehemann, manager of another bank next door, said she saw a man in a green top hat, vest and shorts and a fake beard run away from First State Bank with a blue bag in his hands.

She said he had just been in her bank but left without speaking.

- AP