Hostage situation in Maryland

i hope this resolves well. my mom said they have tanks there or something.
 
Interesting. Hopefully we will get some good discussion points if this goes well.
I wonder what caused the person to snap?
 
He wants to stop American Chopper from being aired 24/7. You go.

:p

In all seriousness however, that really sucks. I wonder why someone would hold up Discovery Channel, though.
 
Yeah, I would kindly ask everyone to please behave in this thread. I have two friends currently @ that building (they work for Discovery). We do not know their status.
 
oh i know what it is, he knows global warming is fake and wants discovery channel to stop their "science" propaganda.

Yeah, I would kindly ask everyone to please behave in this thread. I have two friends currently @ that building (they work for Discovery). We do not know their status.

do you have any way to get a hold of them?
 
He wants to stop American Chopper from being aired 24/7. You go.

:p

In all seriousness however, that really sucks. I wonder why someone would hold up Discovery Channel, though.
Evolution? Fundy nutjobs can be pretty wacko.
I hope nobody gets injured.
EDIT: I hope your friends get out safely Jericho.
 
They say on CNN he is Asian-American.

Just heard they are taking a stretcher in...

Also heard they evacuated the kids to a McDonald's. And they wonder why Americans are fat...

Bomb Squad and large armored vehicle with trailer called in.
 
I have heard from one who fled. There were 4 bodies lying on the ground after shots began. She did not know how many were shot or just dropped to avoid the shots.

They're sequestered, sort of. No real communication going on right now.
 
Discovery Channel's I Love the World kinda seems a bit ominous now.
 
Do the two know each other, I assume? I also assume you asked about the other's status when the safe one was contacted. And how can one man control the entire building?
 
It sounds like it could either be a former employee, a fundy nutjob, or a conspiracy theorist nutjob. Hopefully everyone comes out alright.
 
NBC says they have identified the suspect.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38957020/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Law enforcement authorities said they were talking to the man, whom they identified as James Jay Lee, 40, a longtime protester at the building who sentenced to six months of supervised probation for disorderly conduct in March 2008.

“The good thing is we have the outside of the building secure, we’re talking with him, and he wants to talk with us,” Starks said.

‘The planet does not need humans’
Lee appears to have posted environmental and population-control demands online, saying humans are ruining the planet and that Discovery should develop programs to sound the alarm.

“I want Discovery Communications to broadcast on their channels to the world their new program lineup and I want proof they are doing so. I want the new shows started by asking the public for inventive solution ideas to save the planet and the remaining wildlife on it,”

The alleged manifesto reads, adding:

“Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans.”
 
Probably some religious extremist who wants Discovery to stop advertising Evolution. >.<

edit: Nvm... Environmental Extremist it is.
 
Do the two know each other, I assume? I also assume you asked about the other's status when the safe one was contacted. And how can one man control the entire building?

He entered, threaten, shots rang out at entrance. Building Evacuated.
yeah, they know each other, but they didn't leave together. Only heard from one of em once
 
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