Gunman taking hostages at school dies
(AP)
Updated: 2006-09-28 06:40
BAILEY, Colo. - A middle-aged gunman walked into the high school in this
mountain town Wednesday, fired at least two shots and took six people hostage
before the situation ended with his death, authorities said.
Bill and Dwan Twyford
talk about a text message sent from their 15-year-old son, Billy, from
inside Plate Canyon High School when a shooting took place in the school
in Bailey, Colo. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006.
[Reuters] | Lance Clem, spokesman for the state
Department of Public Safety, said the gunman was dead, but had no immediate
details on his death. He also did not know the condition of two young girls who
were being held hostage after the other hostages were released from Platte
Canyon High School, but a Denver hospital confirmed that it was treating someone
in critical condition from the scene.
Jacki Kelley, spokeswoman for the Jefferson County sheriff, declined to
release details pending a formal news conference.
Authorities had what they described as "sporadic" negotiations with the
suspect and urged him to contact them for more discussion. Officers eventually
crept close to the building, and there were reports of an explosion inside.
A short time later, someone wheeled a gurney inside and took an unidentified
person to a medical helicopter parked on the school's football field.
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