He who fears the wolf

A boy arrives - breathless and aghast - at his police station, to report the discovery of a horribly maimed body. The village misfit, was seen at the edge of the woods nearby. The next morning a bank in the nearby town is robbed at gunpoint. The gunman takes a hostage and flees. As his plans begin to come apart he, unlike his pacific hostage, rapidly loses control. Meanwhile the search for the killer has developed into a straight-forward manhunt....