School Gunman Has Hostages And A Bomb
September 27, 2006 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Homeland Security News
UPDATE: The hostage situation has ended. One of the hostages has been critically injured and flown out on a flight for life helicoptor. For additional updates as more details become available visit 9NEWS.
Two schools were evacuated Wednesday after a gunman claiming to have a bomb opened fire and took hostages at a high school near Bailey, Colorado, officials said.
Several shots were fired at the school, and the gunman is inside, Jefferson County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said.
The gunman was holding two hostages in a second-floor classroom, said Kelley. Six hostages were initially taken, but four of them were released, she said.
The gunman told police he had a bomb, said Lance Clem, spokesman for the Colorado Public Safety Department.
