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Hostage Situation in a Colorado School

A gunman opened fire on Platte Canyon High School in Bailey Colorado this morning. He fired several shots, however there has been no reports of injury or death. The gunman took six people hostages and claimed to have a bomb. He has released four hostages, but still has two females (identities unknown). Very little information has been released so far, and there is an understandable panic from the parents of the kids, whom have also recieved little information. Negotiations with the gunman are taking place, however, there is nearly no information on the gunman, who he is, or what he wants.
Bailey Colorado is located just 45 miles southwest of Denver, and only about 40 miles southwest of Littleton Colorado, where 13 kids were killed by two gunman in 1999(Columbine High School). I wonder if it is just a coincidence that these two schools are so close together, or if the area has had a history with violence. I see all throughout the country, more and more problems of this type in schools, and I wonder what is triggering all of these people to become so violent. Is there a greater percentage of people in depression now than 20 years ago?, or have the number of in-school incidents over the past four or five years been just pure chance? I find it hard to believe that they were all just chance, and my best guess would be that over the past few years, society has caused some people that may not be the most stable, to feel even more alone and unwanted than before. However, the issue of why these things are happening is a whole other subject that should probably be saved for another entry.

posted by Anonymous @ 9/27/2006 05:06:00 PM