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New information released in hostage situation Play Video
April 15, 2013 4:00 PM
Florence Police have charged 26-year-old Nicholas Colleary Hiltz in the hostage situation and burglary at a gas station early Monday morning. The stand-off closed down main roads in Florence and delayed nearby schools opening for two hours. Florence police responded to a burglary alarm at 5:00am at the Kwik... more » -
Firefighters safe after being held hostage in Georgia
April 11, 2013 3:44 AM
Firefighters held hostage for hours in a Georgia home are safe. That's after swat teams stormed the home, shooting and killing the suspect. It started as a routine medical call yesterday, but when they got there, the suspect immediately took them hostage. He then made specific demands in exchange for... more » -
Man watched standoff live on internet while barricaded inside with hostages Play Video
December 13, 2012 8:46 PM
Officers on the west side of Colorado Springs spent more than seven hours Thursday morning trying to end a hostage situation at the Cheyenne Vista Apartments. They say social media may have worked against them. Police say Julian Adolf Gutierrez had two hostages inside: a woman believed to be... more » -
RadioShack standoff over after 6 hours
September 7, 2012 6:19 PM
DENVER (AP) - Police say a hostage has been released unharmed and two suspects are in custody after a 6-hour armed standoff with officers at a Denver RadioShack store. Police Chief Robert White says one or both suspects fired a weapon during the standoff Friday but no one was injured.... more » -
Police: Michigan shootings suspect frees hostage
July 7, 2011 11:35 PM
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Police say the suspect in seven Michigan shooting deaths has released one of two people he's been holding hostage during a standoff with officers. The 53-year-old female hostage was released unharmed Thursday night. Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk says second hostage also is... more » -
Hostages reunite at West Point
January 21, 2011 12:28 PM
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - A reunited group of former Iranian hostages is getting a rousing welcome from West Point cadets 30 years after returning to U.S. soil. Thousands of cadets cheered on more than a dozen former hostages visiting the U.S. Military Academy for a weekend reunion starting... more » -
Crisis negotiation training brings agencies together
October 13, 2010 7:24 PM
Law enforcement agencies teamed up in Pueblo Wednesday for training in crisis negotiations. The training took place at the Colorado State Fairgrounds. In one scenario SWAT teams and communication workers responded to a mock hostage situation. The training brought together the Colorado Department of Corrections, Pueblo Police and the Pueblo... more » -
Prison official refuses to discuss inmate escape
September 8, 2010 2:51 PM
The head of Colorado's prison system has declined to tell Sterling residents exactly how an inmate escaped from a nearby maximum security prison. Ari Zavaras, director of prisons for the Colorado Department of Corrections, told a town meeting Tuesday that Douglas Alward gathered materials inside the prison that helped... more » -
Public meeting planned on Colorado escape
September 7, 2010 9:12 AM
Colorado prison officials are holding a community meeting in Sterling to discuss the escape of an inmate from a maximum-security prison there. Department of Corrections Director Ari Zavaras and other department executives will attend the meeting Tuesday night on the campus of Northeastern Junior College. Douglas Alward was... more » -
Hostage situation over, gunman killed by police
September 1, 2010 5:06 PM
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Police shot and killed a gunman who held three hostages for several hours Wednesday at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, Md., authorities said. They said the hostages were safe. Originally Police said the gunman's condition was unknown, but later confirmed he had died.... more » -
Gunman takes hostage at Discovery Channel headquarters
September 1, 2010 3:06 PM
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Police in a Washington, D.C., suburb say a gunman has taken at least one person hostage at the headquarters of Discovery Channel networks. Capt. Paul Starks says the suspect has what he called "concerns" with the Discovery Corp., but he would not say if the... more » -
Gunman surrenders in high school standoff
November 10, 2009 9:56 AM
A suspect who held a school administrator hostage at a New York high school surrendered Tuesday morning, the Duchess County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities said there were no injuries. Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver said the single gunman at Stissing Mountain High was a former student in... more »
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