Breaking News Hostage Situation At High School Video
Update: Gunman taken into custody:
http://www.wtvr.com/wpix-pine-plains-school-hostage,0,2154798.story
The Dutchess County Sheriff's Department says Stissing Mountain High School was under lockdown with a hostage situation Tuesday morning.
At about 10 a.m., the suspect was taken into police custody and no injuries were reported.
According to the Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver, the school's principal was taken hostage at the start of the school day at about 8 a.m.
The gunman is described as a man in his 40s, who has had previous run-ins with the law and may be mentally unstable.
The suspect reportedly walked into the school with a rifle. He first went to the bathroom, then went to the principal's office and took the principal hostage.
Reports also say the gunman graduated from Stissing Mountain High School in the 1980s.
The gunman was in contact with a hostage negotiation team and reports say the gunman and principal were in an isolated location, possibly the principal's office, away from students.
An evacuation plan is underway and some students have already been escorted out. At this hour, some students still remain inside the school.
Parents of students were instructed to go to Stissing House Restaurant and Tavern parking lot at the center of town, where they will be reunited with their children.
Police units are on the scene and unconfirmed reports say the New York State Police requested that several ambulances remain on standby at the Pine Plains school.
Among several other agencies, New York State Police's rifle team and SWAT team are on the scene.
The local fire department has also closed several surrounding streets to traffic.
There are approximately 500 students and 100 staff members at the high school.
The high school is located at 2829 Church Street and shares the same address as the Stissing Mountain Middle School.
Pine Plains is located about 90 miles north of New York City. It is described as a close-knit rural town with a population of about 2,400 people.
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omyda365: Jus imagine what those parents must be thinking when this sort of thing pops up and especially right after 2 shootings with deaths.
aaSPAZZ: dude i was there. SCARY SHIT man. we were stuck inside those classrooms for four periods and then we finally were escorted out....long day
angeldelinfierno02: i can't believe that this happened in pine plains :s i used to live too close to the high school. man this world is getting worse..
Badboy07xx: was some intense shit
can06: Why did he target the principal? The media is keeping quiet.
hrsluver12: SCARRYYY!! i was there..
darthmorgen: Well thanks that this isn't Littleton, CO and the first responders handled the situation correctly. They could have made a situation even worse. Though reports say he had only one round in the shotgun. They also say he was upset about the treatment of soldiers. Also an eerie parallel to the Fort Hood shooting, but again, who knows. The media says what its told to say. But it doesn't look like he had a beef in particular with the principal
Jenothey: I was there - NEVER EVER EVER wana have that happen again. they didnt even have that much food THEY RAN OUT OF SODA -.-
mariah12567: i was there, scarryyyy stuff. and in pine plains, of all places....
Backstreetboy1993: Ya i was there too this is my school! SCARY~!
Jenothey: Yea i know rite - of all fuckin places...PineBox
trobe23z: This man is my cousins father, He is upset because my cousin was in the army went to iraq, came home with severe post traumatic stress syndrome and the army discharged him without treating, Im not saying chris did the right thing but he is right to be upset.
Dyna2569: i was there n it wasnt funn...scaryyy
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