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NY Gunman Surrenders in School Standoff

SWAT and local police negotiating with hostage-taker in Pine Plains

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 10, 2009 9:26 AM CST
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(Newser) – A gunman holding an upstate New York school principal hostage has surrendered and is in custody, reports CNN. More than 100 police officers and a SWAT team negotiated with the gunman, who a local official said was a former student in his 40s. Pine Plains is located about 90 miles north of New York City.

A sign in Pine Plains, New York.
A sign in Pine Plains, New York.   (©dougtone)
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sailor86
Nov 10, 2009 9:35 AM CST
A nuclear armed North Korea is dangerous. But a non-nuclear armed NK is dangerous too. (did that make any sense?)
Cat-Lover
Nov 10, 2009 8:41 AM CST
N.B. Doctor_Zaius: You use the plural for person: "people." Guns kill people with bullets. Other weapons can kill only one!
Cat-Lover
Nov 10, 2009 8:39 AM CST
So if you want your guns legal, let's take away the bullets. Make them illegal, too.

 
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