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Please pray for the safety of our employees. This is in silver spring, MD. News said there is a hostage. Police locked down the vicinity and I saw swat team. We were out of the bldg but some I believe are still there. This is the discovery channel corporate bldg.

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PaintTheSkyGrey
09-01-2010 at 02:14 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:14 PM.
Quote from SlicKitty :
He kept calling people "filthy" and saying that people need to stop procreating more "filthy people", so I'm guessing he didn't have high regard for human life, which may have figured in to their decision.
Iagree

I wouldn't take risks with this dude if I were them.
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appleyum
09-01-2010 at 02:14 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:14 PM.
Quote from jj12321 :
On the 6 pm news, just say that a wacko took a hostage, but thankfully the swat team killed him before he hurt anyone else. End of story. Let these wackos die annoyomously.
He is in custody so ...alive I guess Dontknow

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The suspect is in custody, and his condition is unknown, he said.
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saint.
09-01-2010 at 02:14 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:14 PM.
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Not wrong.
really?
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SlicKitty
09-01-2010 at 02:15 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:15 PM.
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really?
Are you saying it's wrong that he's been shot? He has been shot, according to the local news.

The sniper shot him.


EDIT: You're a quick one.
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Phrozt
09-01-2010 at 02:15 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:15 PM.
Quote from appleyum :
He is in custody so ...alive I guess Dontknow
If you listened to the interview w/the cop, he's not necessarily alive. They won't say what his condition is.
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PaintTheSkyGrey
09-01-2010 at 02:16 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:16 PM.
Quote from Phrozt :
If you listened to the interview w/the cop, he's not necessarily alive. They won't say what his condition is.
If he was hit by a sniper, he's probably dead.

If he was shot by an entry team, he may be alive.
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saint.
09-01-2010 at 02:17 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:17 PM.
Quote from SlicKitty :
Are you saying it's wrong that he's been shot? He has been shot, according to the local news.

The sniper shot him.


EDIT: You're a quick one.
I know he was shot. Max is saying he wasn't shot.
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lordoffire
09-01-2010 at 02:17 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:17 PM.
hmmm, wonder how working for discovery channel is....
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Phrozt
09-01-2010 at 02:18 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:18 PM.
Quote from PaintTheSkyGrey :
If he was hit by a sniper, he's probably dead.

If he was shot by an entry team, he may be alive.
Yes, but an explosive device went off when he was shot...

They didn't say anything about how big it was or not tho..
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SlicKitty
09-01-2010 at 02:18 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:18 PM.
Quote from lordoffire :
hmmm, wonder how working for discovery channel is....

I would imagine it's pretty good. I spend a lot of time in that area (was just at DeMarco last weekend) and it's a vital area.

I doubt that there are many fruitcakes like this one who think it's Disc.Channel's job to save the world.
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09-01-2010 at 02:19 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:19 PM.
Quote from Phrozt :
Yes, but an explosive device went off when he was shot...

They didn't say anything about how big it was or not tho..
Dontknow

If it failed, or didn't explode as intended, he might be alive with some burns and a GSW. I'd bet they dropped him, though, and the thing went off as the result of a dead-man switch as Fallacy suggested.
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SlicKitty
09-01-2010 at 02:20 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:20 PM.
News just said that the suspect is still alive. Shot. Explosive went off. Hostages are safe.
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Phrozt
09-01-2010 at 02:21 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:21 PM.
Quote from PaintTheSkyGrey :
Dontknow

If it failed, or didn't explode as intended, he might be alive with some burns and a GSW. I'd bet they dropped him, though, and the thing went off as the result of a dead-man switch as Fallacy suggested.
It definitely didn't fail.. they saw smoke.. there was just no report as to the size of the explosion.

And yes, he could just have burns. The point is, just because police say he's "in custody" shouldn't assume the fact that he's alive.
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09-01-2010 at 02:22 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:22 PM.
Quote from Phrozt :
It definitely didn't fail.. they saw smoke.. there was just no report as to the size of the explosion.

And yes, he could just have burns. The point is, just because police say he's "in custody" shouldn't assume the fact that he's alive.
I'm not contesting this point. Stick Out Tongue
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OwenKealy
09-01-2010 at 02:22 PM.
09-01-2010 at 02:22 PM.
Quote from PaintTheSkyGrey :
Dontknow

If it failed, or didn't explode as intended, he might be alive with some burns and a GSW. I'd bet they dropped him, though, and the thing went off as the result of a dead-man switch as Fallacy suggested.
I mentioned a dead-man switch earlier than Max! Stick Out Tongue

Either way, I'm glad that all of the people of worth got out of this ok. The only possible death is just some little sub-human thing that really doesn't matter.
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