BREAKING NEWS: Hostage situation at Marinette High School (Wisconsion)

[HoneyBadger]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40424118/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

Pretty scary situation there. I hope it ends peacefully.

SIDE NOTE: I would like to say I'm surprised cable news isn't covering this, but the movement of the big three the past three years, I'm really not... they can't even put a bulletin on their news ticker (which is becoming a sore spot for me since it's no longer used for instant, urgent information).

 

[Benevolent One]

I was pretty surprised when I heard about it late last night. I'd have thought it would have been a huge story. At least all the hostages made it out unharmed, physically anyway. I actually hope the gunman makes it too and gets the help he needs as well as the punishment.

 

[mike honcho]

MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — A student armed with a handgun held nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage in a Wisconsin high school for about five hours before shooting himself when police broke into the classroom, authorities said Monday. No other injuries were reported.

Officers who were outside the Marinette High School classroom said they heard three gunshots shortly after 8 p.m. and busted through the door, said Police Chief Jeff Skorik said. The 15-year-old male gunman then shot himself.

Skorik said the teen was taken to an area hospital and his condition was not immediately known Monday night.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Official-Student-has-hostages-in-Wisconsin-high-school-111006704.html

 

[Guido]

Amazing how the story refers to him as the "gunman" but they can't release his name because he is just a 15 year old "boy."

 

[mike honcho]

MARINETTE, Wis. – Authorities say a 15-year-old boy who held 23 students and a teacher hostage in a Wisconsin classroom has died at a Green Bay hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Marinette Police Chief Jeff Skorik says sophomore Samuel Hengel died at 10:44 a.m. Tuesday. Skorik says Hengel, of Porterfield, shot himself as police stormed a classroom at Marinette High School Monday night.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101130/ap_on_re_us/us_wisconsin_classroom_hostages

 

[be9ak7ts16]

That's only about 50 miles from where I grew up. Scary situation.