A robber entered the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce with firearms, a bomb, and bags to hold money.
[1] On May 10, 1973, a man wearing a black balaclava mask entered the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Kenora armed with a rifle, a pistol and a homemade bomb consisting of six sticks of dynamite.
As the pair carried the bags outside, a police sniper shot the robber, triggering the bomb and killing the bomber.
Constable Millard was injured but partially shielded from the blast by the large duffel bag of money he was carrying, and went on to a career as a firefighter.
Nineteen-year-old Joe Ralko, who wrote a book based on the incident, had seen the man in town in the days beforehand and described him as being in his 40s, with brown hair and a reddish-coloured beard.