Gunman Killed After Holding Firefighters Hostage

[TruthOut10]

SUWANEE, Ga. — An armed man who was having financial problems held four firefighters for hours in a suburban Atlanta home, demanding his cable and power be turned back on, before being shot dead when SWAT members stormed the house, authorities said Wednesday. The hostages had cuts and bruises from explosions that officers set off to distract the gunman before moving in, but they will be fine, a fire official said.

Minutes before the police announcement on the resolution, a huge blast could be heard a quarter-mile away from the home, shuddering through the Suwanee neighborhood, setting off car alarms.

Earlier Wednesday, five firefighters responded to what seemed like a routine medical call and were eventually taken hostage by an unidentified suspect inside the house, police said. The gunman released one of the firefighters to move a fire truck but held the other four.

Dozens of police and rescue vehicles surrounded the home and a negotiator was keeping in touch with the gunman, police said. The situation remained tense until the blast rocked the neighborhood of mostly two-story homes and well-kept lawns. Residents unable to get into their neighborhood because of the police cordon flinched and recoiled as the enormous blast went off.

Soon after the stun blast, officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect and a SWAT member was shot in the hand or arm, but should be fine, said Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Edwin Ritter. Ritter would not saw how the gunman was fatally shot, saying it was being investigated.

Gunman Killed After Holding Firefighters Hostage

 

[Redfish]

The Georgia cops got that one right. Do not tolerate assholes like that guy, take him out before he kills others.

Congrats to the GA swap team and all who supported them.

 

[Katzndogz]

The man was a casualty of the obama economy.

 

[Spoonman]

now if obama would only work on fixing the economy like he has promised over and over instead of wasting time on personal agendas and stripping american citizens of their rights, we wouldn't have these problems

 

[Pogo]

The man was a casualty of the obama economy.

More correctly, a casualty of the gun culture.
Whatever your problem, let a gun point the way out. What could possibly go wrong.

 

[Spoonman]

The man was a casualty of the obama economy.

More correctly, a casualty of the gun culture.
Whatever your problem, let a gun point the way out. What could possibly go wrong.

thats kinf of like saying when you have a bacterial infection take an aspirin for the headache. you have to deal with the root of the problem or you never fix it.