GUNMAN HELD AT CBS Reuters | 5/28/02
Posted on 05/29/2002 0:53 AM Central by dubyaweluvya
UPDATE 1-Gunman storms L.A. CBS-TV studio, holds off police Tue May 28, 9:22 PM ET
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
I talked to one of the gals at CBS about this May 2002 incident, and she said it was very scary!