Cops: Wisconsin High School Student Has Taken 23 Students, 1 Teacher Hostage

[marmar]

MARINETTE, Wis. — A student armed with a handgun burst into a high school classroom in eastern Wisconsin on Monday, taking nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage at the end of the school day, authorities said. Five hostages were released by mid-evening.

A Marinette High School administrator called authorities after 3 p.m. to say a student had taken over a classroom, officials said. Police Chief Jeff Skorik said officials had been able to communicate by phone with the teacher inside and no injuries had been reported or shots fired.

Skorik said he did not know what led up to the five students being released about 8 p.m. but said the teacher still was acting as a mediator between the hostage-taker and authorities. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/29/marinette-high-school-student-hostage-situation_n_789536.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Oh no!

[littlewolf]

2. crap!

are the local PD or FBI doing the talking ?
If it is local ... hope they have at least a little training ....

[Goblinmonger]

3. Local news says it's over.

Everyone is released and OK. Don't know anything more.

(I live about 75 miles south.)

edited to add: guess we don't know about the student with the gun http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/All-released-in-Marinette-hostage-situation.html