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Пт, Дек 8, 2006 08:24pm kuk - 6340 d back

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Gunman dead, 4 injured in Chicago office By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 27 minutes ago

CHICAGO - A gunman shot four people and took a hostage in a downtown skyscraper Friday, then was killed after police fired at him, authorities said.

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The shootings in the 38-story Citigroup Center, which also houses a train station, sent office workers running from the building and stranded rush-hour commuters.

Three victims were hospitalized in critical condition and the fourth was stable, fire department spokeswoman Eve Rodriguez said.

The gunman, armed with a snub-nose revolver, knife and hammer, shot the four over "several minutes," police Superintendent Phil Cline said.

He was holding the hostage when police shot at him, but "before the offender died, he may have also shot himself," Cline said. Police said they won't know for sure until an autopsy is performed.

Cindy Penzick, secretary in a law firm on the 37th floor, said that after a co-worker told her she heard gunshots, a police officer with his gun drawn on their floor yelled at them to get out.

Penzick said she is usually calm, "But I have to tell you this was scary as hell."

People hurried down the escalators and ran from the skyscraper on the west side of downtown. Dozens of police cars and two fire trucks were in front of the building, where one person was seen being loaded onto an ambulance.

Keegan Greene, who works at Verizon Wireless on the first floor, was helping a customer when fire alarms began going off.

"One of the security guards came up to us and started saying, "Run, run, run, run, run!" Greene said.

Service on the Metra commuter line was suspended for more than an hour and area buses were diverted while the incident unfolded. Metra spokeswoman Judy Pardonnet said all Metra crew members had been locked into secure areas before train service resumed just after 5 p.m.

Many commuters who had planned to board trains were milling around in the cold, trying to figure out how they would get home.

Kirstin Kostuchowski, 19, said she was sitting in a cafe waiting to board a train for Elburn when an announcement over the loudspeaker advised all passengers on trains to stay in their seats, and everybody else to leave the building.

Пт, Дек 8, 2006 08:51pm Е. - 6340 d back	↑↓
(позевывая) В наших пригородах такого бы не случилось...

Пт, Дек 8, 2006 09:22pm [Аноним] - 6340 d back	↑↓
А где не так давно нянька перебила детей?

Пт, Дек 8, 2006 09:45pm [Аноним] - 6340 d back	↑↓
prover'te sosedei http://www.familywatchdog.us/

Пт, Дек 8, 2006 09:48pm [Аноним] - 6340 d back	↑↓
Пригороды http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061209/ap_on_re_us/terror_arrest

Пт, Дек 8, 2006 11:05pm Е. - 6340 d back	↑↓
>>prover'te sosedei ... А че их проверять, тут они, я вот с ними виски потягиваю.

Пт, Дек 8, 2006 11:12pm Е. - 6340 d back	↑↓
>>Пригороды http://news.yahoo.com.... Ты аноним сам-то читал? Там английским по белому написано: "He was arrested Wednesday" и мухи не обидев. (опять позевывая) Полиция в саборбах не дремлет, от того тут все спокойно.

Пт, Дек 8, 2006 11:13pm 3APA3A - 6340 d back	↑↓
кАшмар, какой ужОс

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