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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

(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...   Read full story »

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