OLATHE, Kan. (AP) -- The suspect in a bizarre bank robbery in which hostages were forced to strip to their underwear and driven to an airport came prepared with chains and plastic handcuffs, authorities said.
The man, a licensed pilot, was shot by police Wednesday at the airport and remained in critical condition. Authorities did not release his name, but said he was a 44-year-old resident of Wichita, Kan., who had not yet been charged. None of the hostages was hurt.
''Until we have a chance to interview the suspect in this case, we don't know what was in his thought patterns as he made his way to the airport and as he tried to get into that plane,'' FBI agent Jeff Lanza said Thursday on ABC's ''Good Morning America.''
But citing the chains, plastic handcuffs and walkie-talkies he brought, Lanza said, ''some aspect of planning went into this, so it seems.''
Witnesses said the man walked into a Capitol Federal Savings branch office in this Kansas City suburb Wednesday wearing a black hood, camouflage pants and a T-shirt with the words ''SHOW ME THE MONEY.'' He pulled a gun, ordered 10 employees and a customer to strip and held them hostage for about half an hour.
With police surrounding the bank, six of the hostages, four women and two men, were bound together and forced to get into a minivan, with one of the women, a teller, ordered to drive.
''It was just like a movie,'' said witness Matt Braswell. ''It's pretty dramatic. You got people coming out in a chain gang, and they're all handcuffed.''
Monica Carter, one of the employees, told ABC the van belonged to her and that the gunman ordered her to give the keys to a fellow worker.
''It looked like he knew the police were there the entire time and he was taking his time,'' Carter said. ''There was no rush, no excitement, no nothing.''
At one point, a hostage wearing only underwear brought one of the walkie-talkies the man had brought out to police, apparently so the suspect could communicate with officers.
As the van drove off, police used an armored vehicle to try to block it from getting out of the parking lot, but Olathe Police Sgt. Mike Butaud said it went over a grassy area and sped away, with five or six police cars in pursuit.
Television footage showed window glass shattering from the van. Butaud said the robber fired shots from inside the van and police did not return fire.
The van then went to Johnson County Executive Airport, about two miles away, and pulled in front of a Cessna 172 that was taxiing on the runway.
Lanza said the man got out of the van and exchanged gunfire with police. He was hit, and flown to a hospital by helicopter.
The pilot of the Cessna, Matt Miller, told KMBZ-TV that he and his student pilot saw a man wearing a black hood approach the cabin door.
''I heard the police yell, 'Drop your weapon,' and I heard the shots fired,'' Miller said. ''I ducked underneath the instrument panel.''
Police handcuffed Miller and his student pilot and questioned them before they were released. Lanza said they were not involved.
Charlie Fairbanks, owner of Executive Airport Engines, was in a hangar when he heard sirens and looked out to see the van on the runway, trailed by police.
''The next thing you know, I seen a lady run by in a bra and panties,'' Fairbanks said. ''A policeman grabbed her and threw her in back of an unmarked car. Right after that, we heard gunshots.''
Police said keys on the gunman linked him to a car found parked at a golf course about two miles from the savings and loan. They said money was recovered from the van, but would not say how much.
