A California man suspected in multiple bank robberies throughout the state killed himself just hours after holding up one last bank, authorities said Saturday.
A male suspect flashed a gun and presented a note demanding cash from a teller at a bank in Goleta on Friday, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.
After getting away with an undisclosed amount of money, the suspect drove to a nearby nail salon and locked himself inside a bathroom, officials said.
Police evacuated about 15 people and surrounded the small business. They later entered the building with a dog team and found Keith David Goodwin, 41, dead in the bathroom from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, a sheriff's statement said.
Goodwin, of Fresno, was suspected of robbing at least nine banks over the past two months, the statement said.
He was identified via a license plate-reading surveillance camera after allegedly robbing a bank in Danville on July 12 and taking off in a red Nissan Altima, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Danville police detectives secured a warrant for Goodwin's arrest two days later and worked closely with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to find him, the newspaper said.
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Investigators said the suspect in the Goleta robbery drove away from the bank in a red Nissan Altima.