**BREAKING** on hostage situation in Dyersburg, TN

1 posted on 09/17/2003 8:09:46 PM PDT by TheBigB

Just heard on my news...

2 posted on 09/17/2003 8:10:59 PM PDT by pitinkie

Dead Al Qauda Wannabe Ping!

3 posted on 09/17/2003 8:14:54 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks ("I guess we got so focused on the rubber penis we didn't even pay attention to what he was saying.")

Liberal teachers piss some people off, I guess.

4 posted on 09/17/2003 8:16:18 PM PDT by Porterville (I spell stuff wrong sometimes, get over yourself, you're not that great.)

26-year-old Harold Kilpatrick Jr. killed. Police Chief says he thinks gunman killed himself. Police stormed classroom after hearing shots inside.

5 posted on 09/17/2003 8:16:52 PM PDT by TheBigB (I don't believe in Astrology. We Scorpios are skeptical.)

Police stormed classroom after hearing shots inside.

Good timing. No sense trying to stop something before it happens. :-P

6 posted on 09/17/2003 8:18:43 PM PDT by Ramius

Harold Mohamed Kilpatrick Jr?

7 posted on 09/17/2003 8:19:09 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (BOHICA. Bend Over Here It Comes Again.)

To: Newbomb Turk

Suspect had one hell of a criminal record. Was due in court today. WHY THE HELL WAS HE ON THE STREETS? Its time that judges and those others in the criminal justice system to be held responsible for these thugs being free to endanger the public.

8 posted on 09/17/2003 8:20:17 PM PDT by oyez

To: Newbomb Turk

BOHICA? You ex-Navy?

9 posted on 09/17/2003 8:24:19 PM PDT by wizardoz (Bomb France.)

Do you speak from experience, or do you just speak?

10 posted on 09/17/2003 8:33:47 PM PDT by patriotUSA

Just heard on the news that the students who suffered injuries weren't critically injured. That's good news. The other good news is that the stupid criminal is dead.

11 posted on 09/17/2003 8:35:05 PM PDT by Dixielander

Just heard on the news that the students who suffered injuries weren't critically injured. That's good news. The other good news is that the stupid criminal is dead.

12 posted on 09/17/2003 8:35:11 PM PDT by Dixielander

"The only good stupid crimminal is a ...

13 posted on 09/17/2003 8:39:31 PM PDT by norraad

Haven't seen anything new. Guess details will be in the Tennessean or maybe Fox in the morning.

14 posted on 09/17/2003 8:48:25 PM PDT by TheBigB (I don't believe in Astrology. We Scorpios are skeptical.)

Fox News has been reporting about it all afternoon

15 posted on 09/17/2003 8:52:51 PM PDT by Kaslin (Does anyone have a tagline they can spare?)

BOHICA? You ex-Navy? Army. Currently

16 posted on 09/17/2003 8:55:34 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (BOHICA. Bend Over Here It Comes Again.)

Armed Man Kills Self After Hostage Standoff

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

DYERSBURG, Tenn. — A gunman took at least a dozen people hostage in a college classroom Wednesday afternoon before killing himself, police said. Two hostages were wounded during the nine-hour standoff.

Police heard gunshots from inside the building at Dyersburg State Community College (search) around 11 p.m. EDT. The gunman, 26-year-old Harold Kilpatrick Jr., had left a note saying he "wanted to kill some people and die today."

Dyersburg Police Chief Bobby Williamson said the injuries to the two hostages were not serious.

The gunman, believed to have had a 9mm pistol and what looked like a butcher knife, made no demands -- aside from food and drink -- during the standoff. In the evening, he asked for six pepperoni pizzas and two six-packs of soft drinks, which police delivered.

The gunman claimed to be a member of Al Qaeda (search), and Williamson said that although authorities had no reason to believe the claim, the FBI had been called in. Justice Department officials in Washington also said they had no evidence that the gunman was a member of the terrorist organization.

Authorities said Kilpatrick, of Memphis, was staying with his sister in Dyersburg, about 75 miles northeast of Memphis. In the suicide note, left at his sister's house, he also said he didn't like Americans and had spoken with Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden (search), Williamson said.

Kilpatrick faced criminal charges of assault and kidnapping in another case, Dyersburg police spokesman Charles Maxey said. He had no details but said Kilpatrick had been scheduled to appear in a Memphis courtroom Wednesday.

Williamson said there were 12 to 16 people in the basic math classroom when the standoff began. About three hours later, three students were released -- all women, one of whom was pregnant. The teacher remained in the classroom.

Officers communicated with the gunman through student hostages on their cell phones, but Kilpatrick wouldn't speak directly to police, Williamson said.

Police said Kilpatrick was not a student or college employee. They talked to his sister at the scene, but the gunman wouldn't talk to her, Williamson said.

A SWAT team and about five hostage negotiators were among the officers called to the scene.

Athletic director Alan Barnett said that authorities cleared the campus of other students.

17 posted on 09/17/2003 9:00:59 PM PDT by Kaslin (Does anyone have a tagline they can spare?)

Oops I forgot the source FOX News

18 posted on 09/17/2003 9:02:55 PM PDT by Kaslin (Does anyone have a tagline they can spare?)

To: Kaslin; wardaddy; Travis McGee; SLB

he didn't like Americans and had spoken with Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden

Well that explains it right there............Stay Safe !

19 posted on 09/17/2003 10:26:56 PM PDT by Squantos (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)

To: Kaslin; wardaddy; Travis McGee; SLB

he didn't like Americans and had spoken with Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden

Well that explains it right there............Stay Safe !

20 posted on 09/17/2003 10:27:09 PM PDT by Squantos (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)

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