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High School Students Taken Hostage in Colorado

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Wed Sep 27, 2006 at 02:56:40 PM EST
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Update: The hostage who was shot has died. She was 16 and her name was Emily Keyes. The gunman killed himself. The question now is why did the cops rush in?

Update: It's over. The gunman's dead.

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Is this Columbine redux?

One person has been brought out on a gurney at the scene of a hostage standoff at a high school in Bailey. Two girls were being held by a gunman there. Jefferson County spokesperson Jackie Kelley said the parents of the two students being held have not yet been notified.

"We have almost no information on this suspect," she said. We don't know who he is or what he wants."

Columbine expert and author Dave Cullen is following events closely and made a google map. This is in a county close to Jefferson where Columbine is situated, but here's the key difference: The perp is reported to be a parent, not a student:

Two Platte Canyon High School students remain in a second floor classroom with an armed man who walked into the school, fired one shot and then at took six female students hostage at noon today, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of students and the closure of Highway 285. Four hostages were released uninjured, Jefferson County Sheriff's Spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said.

Authorities believe the man, who is carrying a handgun, is a parent, said Lance Clem of state Department of Public Safety.

One of the students has been wounded.

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    High School Students Taken Hostage in Colorado | 2 comments (2 topical)
    Re: High School Students Taken Hostage in Colorado (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Sep 28, 2006 at 03:33:19 PM EST
    The gunman killed himself. The question now is why did the cops rush in?
    That's not the point of the article in the link, and in fact the author makes a very good point about waiting before making a judgement. Something many here could take a lesson in. CNN reported screams from the hostages were a primary concern in making a tactical entry, and that seems justified to me. Try and try, but sometimes the cops do it right and still there are tragic results. Cop haters won't ever make that allowance, and you qualify.

    Re: High School Students Taken Hostage in Colorado (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Sep 29, 2006 at 07:32:15 AM EST
    The question now is why did the cops rush in? Here we go.... yes, let's blame the cops! (So typical of the left...blame everybody but who is actually responsible) Could it be he was RAPING the girls!

    High School Students Taken Hostage in Colorado | 2 comments (2 topical)