Fuck... Hostage situation in Marinette....

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.nbc26.com/Global/story.asp?S=13584368

An armed student is holding classroom of students hostage at Marinette High School. No injuries reported this evening. Police are on scene.

The incident started at 3:48 p.m. when an administrator called the county, according to Kathy Frank, the county's public information officer.

Marinette County Emergency Management Director Eric Burmeister says authorities are trying to determine how many people are in the classroom.

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1. Just saw the headlines but nothing on my local news...

Armed student holding class hostage in Marinette

By Jesse Garza of the Journal Sentinel

Updated: Nov. 29, 2010 6:34 p.m. |(12) Comments

An armed student is holding classroom of students hostage at Marinette High School, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette and the Marinette Eagle Herald.

Dan Kitkowski, regional editor for the Marinette Eagle Herald and the parent of a Marinette High School senior, told a Journal Sentinel reporter that the situation unfolded during a 6th period Western Civilization class that began between 1:30 and 2 p.m.

His daughter and other students enrolled in the class the following period were turned away at the door to the classroom by the teacher, who told them to go to the school's library.

"She (the teacher) looked a little nervous but nobody thought anything of it," Kitkowski said during a telephone interview.

His daughter returned to the classroom after school to retrieve some homework but found the door locked, he said.

It wasn't until she got outside and saw police and firefighters arriving that she found out about the situation in the classroom, Kitkowski said.

All streets to the school have been cordoned off, Kitkowski said.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/111004559.html

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2. 5 students released

Marinette's police chief says five of the students being held hostage at Marinette High School were released, leaving 18 students and a teacher hostage in a classroom.

Emergency Management says the emergency call came from a school administrator at 3:48 this afternoon, saying a student was holding hostages.

Marinette Police Chief Jeff Skorik says it's a male student armed with a handgun.

Chief Skorik says he doesn't know why the five students were let go. He called the release of the students "good news."

He said the students who were released will be interviewed by police.

The student is using the female teacher as a liaison to talk with a hostage negotiating team which is inside the school. They haven't spoken directly with the student.


http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=13584042

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3. Wisconsin Gunman Shoots Himself After Standoff

CHICAGO — A student armed with a handgun held 23 other students and a teacher hostage for several hours on Monday at a high school in Marinette, Wis., and then shot himself after the police stormed the building, the authorities said.

All of the hostages were found to be unharmed after about five hours of being held hostage, the police said. The gunman was taken to a local hospital after shooting himself, said the local police chief, Jeff Skorik. His condition was not known Monday night.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/us/30hostage.html?src=twrhp

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4. sad

[Archae]

5. Hostage-taker has died...

News conference on right now.