BREAKING: ALL HOSTAGES RELEASED- Armed Student Holding Wisconsin High School Class Hostage (Video) …Update: 5 Students Released
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, November 29, 2010, 6:35 PM
Marinette County emergency management director Eric Burmeister says a high school administrator called authorities after 3 p.m. Monday to say an armed student had burst into a classroom. There are reportedly 15-30 students in the classroom.
FOX News reported:
Authorities are investigating reports of an armed student holding a classroom hostage at a high school in Wisconsin.
Police are on scene and no injuries are reported at this time, Marinette County Emergency Management said in a news release, without confirming a hostage standoff.
Police received a call just before 4 p.m. local time of an armed student at Marinette High School. Parents were asked to respond to the county courthouse to receive information on their children.
The armed student doesn’t have any history with police, Chief Skorik said.
Hostage negotiators are inside the school. There has not been any threats or demands made at this point.
UPDATE: 5 students were released.
UPDATE: Via FOX News: GREAT NEWS- All hostages have been released.
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Mike123 commented:
Good thing Wisconsin doesn’t allow guns in schools.
bg commented:
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praying this ends well..
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Militant Conservative commented:
How is that victim rich environment going. Otherwise known as gun free zone.
When you remove the deterent to criminal activity, crime focus’ on that area.
powder is dry.
bigL commented:
sniper.
Gman commented:
I am sure he is just upset at Obamacare.
newrouter commented:
somali?
OLD FAN commented:
Wisconsin is such a fine State – such great folks.
This is truly odd, hope this ends well.
Praying.
gmsc commented:
Strangely, still no word on the status of the gunman.
gmsc commented:
Gunman update: He shot himself when the police entered -
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjgwmpyx3nVAjwarb4o2s5XzK9pA?docId=c5ce5f8d445c4eb8825c355e107a447d
Andreas K. commented:
Another gun free campus?
MAJ Mike commented:
I suspect the perp was so embarassed that he had violated the Gun Free Zone, that he killed himself out of shame.
Gun Free Zones are just shooting galleries for sick twisted trolls.
bg commented:
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albeit the answer may be from home, my main question is, where did he get a hold of a .22 caliber semiautomatic weapon and a 9 mm semiautomatic??
if so, next question is HOW??
and take it from there..
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bg commented:
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depressed 15-year-old
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