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Associated Press - March 18, 2010 5:25 PM ET
GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) - Police have linked a deadly St. Patrick's Day bank robbery by a man in a leprechaun costume with a Christmastime bank holdup by a man in a Santa suit.
Police on Thursday said the two suspects who died after a shootout with Gallatin police were David Christopher Cotton of Brentwood and Jonathan Ryan Skinner, a Western Kentucky University student. Both were 20 years old.
Patrol car video of the police chase released Thursday showed 1 of the suspects leaning out of the passenger window of the getaway car and firing several shots at police.
The suspects later ran into a field and exchanged fire with officers. Police said Cotton committed suicide.
Police credited information from the FBI with linking Cotton to the Dec. 22 Santa robbery in Nashville.
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