US Discovery Channel scene:
Police end hostage drama
US: US police shot and killed a man who took three people
hostage, waving a gun and apparently fitted out with explosives, in the
headquarters of the Discovery Channel near Washington Wednesday.
Officers who had been watching the hostage drama on a building
security camera crept in while police negotiated with the emotional
gunman and shot him when he pointed his pistol at one of the three men
he held hostage.
"A hostage moved, he pulled his gun, and a shot was taken,"
Montgomery County police chief Tom Manger told reporters. He said the
suspect was killed and the hostages were safe.
The man, named by a US law enforcement official as James Lee, had
been arrested before for protesting against Discovery Channel over
environmental issues.
"He had a history of conflict with Discovery," Manger said.
The incident caused chaos in Silver Spring, Maryland, a shopping and
office district and commuter hub on the edge of the US capital.
Police sealed off the area around the building and SWAT teams
deployed shortly after the suspect entered the building carrying a
handgun at about 1 p.m. Manger said county and state police, FBI and
Homeland Security agents joined the operation. Silver Spring, Thursday,
Reuters |