Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Heartbreak in Colorado: Gunman Kills Hostage, Self in Platte Canyon High School as SWAT Moves In

Memories of the terror at Columbine High School bubbled back to the surface again today as a gunman seized hostages in a Colorado high school and threatened to kill all of them if his demands were not met.

He had released four of them thanks to the efforts of intense police negotiations, but the situation began to deteriorate until the man broke off the dialogue and set a time for the police to meet his demands. SWAT stormed the building and blew open the door to the classroom, but the gunman killed one of his two hostages and then killed himself.

Why do these madmen target kids?

This time it looks like it was someone from outside the school system who attacked, and not students targeting students. They've GOT to lock down the schools tighter to keep those whose intentions are nasty OUT of there.

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