The robbery happened on Thursday, Apr. 20, at the Desert Financial Credit Union near 3rd Street and Thunderbird Road.
In court papers, authorities said 37-year-old Charles Andrew Rock walked into the building with an AR-15 style rifle and his homemade explosive and demanded money from five employees and a customer.
Investigators allege that Rock placed the bomb down and said if anyone turned on a vehicle within a certain radius, the bomb would go off. At that point, Rock took off with $1,000. He was then followed by a citizen who helped find him alongside a Phoenix police helicopter.
A short time later, Rock stopped at a shopping center near 29th and Cactus avenues where he then got out of the vehicle and fired his rifle 26 times at the helicopter, which authorities said three police officers were inside at the time.
Moments later, an officer in the unmarked vehicle rolled down his window and shot Rock multiple times, saying he feared for the officers and the community’s safety. However, Rock then got back into his car and drove off. Ultimately, Rock was detained at a nearby parking lot.
After he was taken into custody, officers read Rock his Miranda rights, to which he said he wanted to speak with a lawyer because his charges were serious. Those charges include armed robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault, and terrorism, all Class 2 felonies. Rock is now being held on a $1 million cash-only bail.
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