another AGNTSA moment here in CO
http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?O...7-c589c01ca7bf
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unman claims to have bomb, holding hostages in high school
Mark Grainger Webmaster
Created: 9/27/2006 12:36 PM MST - Updated: 9/27/2006 1:22 PM MST
BAILEY - At least four schools are in lockdown after a gunman, claiming to have a bomb, took an unknown number of people hostage inside Platte Canyon High School.
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The Jefferson County Bomb Squad and SWAT teams have been sent to Platte County High School in Bailey. 9NEWS September 27, 2006.
Around noon, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department sent its bomb squad and its SWAT unit to the school after reports of possible gun fire inside the school. Park County requested JeffCo assistance.
Park County Sheriff's Department has confirmed there is one man, with a gun, inside the school. He has claimed to have a bomb. They have also confirmed he has a female hostage. They are also reporting that there are no known injuries at this point.
Reportedly the Park County Sheriff says they received a 911 call from the man inside the school telling them he had the hostage. Law enforcement officers are moving through the evacuated buildings searching for any people left inside and trying to assess the situation.
Platte Canyon High School has been evacuated and both sides of highway 285 have been closed to facilitate the evacuations between mile markers 218 and 222.
Four Jefferson County schools and at least one Park County school are in lockdown.
The schools in Jefferson County are: Conifer High School, West Jefferson Middle School, West Jefferson Elementary School and Elk Creek Elementary School.
Fitzsimmons Middle School has been locked down in Park County.
The school districts are not releasing any information about where evacuated students are being taken. There is no information on what parents, with students in the affected schools, should do at this point. 9NEWS will provide details for parents as soon as we receive them.
Sky9 is on-route to the scene and 9NEWS and 9NEWS.com will continue to update this story as more details become available.
Park Co received 911 call from the gunman saying he was holding a hostage. Police are searching the evacuated building to clear it.
Proven: The gunman was not legally able to purchase firearms
Today's Denver Post backs up my suspicions. The perpetrator in Bailey was not legally able to own firearms.
Guess that's why he had no problem taking firearms into a "gun free" zone.
"Morrison was arrested in Aurora in 1973 for larceny and possession of marijuana, according to a CBI database. He was also charged with obstructing a police officer July 11 in Littleton for obstructing a police officer, the CBI records say. That case was pending."
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4410326#
I do have to wonder what the "obstucting a police officer" charge is about. That sounds like a consolation prize the department takes when the perp did something else but charges weren't going to be pressed.
Yet another case of Denver-area police having someone in hand shortly before they commit a horrible crime.
From what is known today it sounds like the cops on the scene in Bailey were doing the best they could. I do not fault them. I do fault the "justice system" that lets guys like this wander off to go commit more serious crimes.
