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A bandit and his female getaway driver were killed by an elderly Santa Cruz man, who shot them on August 15 after they attempted to steal his van early in the morning.

Around 6 am, the man stopped at a spring in La Pastora and was washing his van when a Nissan Cube pulled up and two armed men got out.

The men began beating the 66-year-old victim and demanded his car keys.