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GUNMAN HELD AT CBS
Reuters | 5/28/02

Posted on 05/28/2002 9:53:14 PM PDT by dubyaweluvya

UPDATE 1-Gunman storms L.A. CBS-TV studio, holds off police Tue May 28, 9:22 PM ET

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gunman stormed into the CBS Television Center in Los Angeles Tuesday and tried to open fire, forcing hundreds of people to flee the sprawling media complex as his gun jammed, police and local media reports said.

A man who was in the building's lobby when the gunman entered told KABC-TV that the suspect aimed his weapon at a mail supervisor and tried to fire twice, only to have the weapon apparently misfire.

"I looked again and he was on the ground and reloading and something fell out of the gun," the man, who was not identified, told the station. "That's when I realized that this was not a joke."

According to media reports, everyone in the building was evacuated safely and the man was confined to two rooms in the building's basement as police attempted to negotiate with him.

CBS is a unit of Viacom Inc.

Reuters/Variety


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; gunman
Weird. A month ago, a friend of mine and I postulated what the next attack would be and this was the scenario I suggested to her....
1 posted on 05/28/2002 9:53:14 PM PDT by dubyaweluvya
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To: dubyaweluvya
Is this a disgruntled viewer, or a terrorist? Does anyone know yet what this was about?
Did President Bush know about this in advance?(couldn't resist, sorry)
3 posted on 05/28/2002 9:59:48 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: dubyaweluvya
They should be thankful that he didn't have a revolver.
4 posted on 05/28/2002 10:06:10 PM PDT by Centurion2000
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To: ladyinred
"Did President Bush know about this in advance"

I wonder, is this statement going to replace "all your base are belong to us" ...???

5 posted on 05/28/2002 10:14:12 PM PDT by CyberAnt
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To: ladyinred
Funny, isn't it, how there's NO WORD about who this cretin is? An Arab? A White guy? A despairing Catholic Priest? One would THINK it was relevant. Ahhh.... The media.....
6 posted on 05/28/2002 10:28:48 PM PDT by Burr5
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To: dubyaweluvya
Dan Rather on a rampage?
7 posted on 05/28/2002 10:43:29 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Centurion2000
From all we get out of this story he may have had a picture of a gun. Isn't that scary enough?
8 posted on 05/28/2002 10:52:15 PM PDT by FreePaul
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To: dubyaweluvya
This must be an urban legend, or a prank of some sort...CBS doesnt allow guns inside their studios.
9 posted on 05/28/2002 11:34:53 PM PDT by lowbridge
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