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  • Police: Pa. Cop Takes 2nd Cop Hostage, Kills Self

    10/26/2013 4:25:33 PM PDT · by B4Ranch · 30 replies
    http://abcnews.go.com/ ^ | October 26, 2013 | JIM THORPE,
    On Friday night, police say Midas, 33, of Weatherly, went to the police station in the small town of Lansford, where he was a part-time officer, and took ammunition and an unmarked police car before he drove to the home of another off-duty officer and took him hostage. Midas then drove Ondrus to nearby Jim Thorpe, where a struggle began in the tourist town of Jim Thorpe, about 70 miles north of Philadelphia. Midas shot himself in the head, police say. He died early Saturday at a hospital, according to Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim, who ruled Midas' death a...