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breaking news: Hostage Situation in St. Louis

News Type: Event — Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:18 AM EDT
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My girlfriend just called from St. Louis. She says Chestnut St. is shut down by police. According to a police officer she talked to, the subject of a high-speed chase abandoned his vehicle and took refuge in a hotel. News crews are arriving at the moment, no reports on Google News as of this time.

More as she reports.

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JimmyHavok

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&address=315+Chestnut+St&city=Saint+Louis&state=MO&zipcode=63102&submit=Get+Map#west

Mapquest map of the area.

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Reply#1 - Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:34 AM EDT
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spiffie

Is it "Everybody go crazy" week, and I forgot to mark my calendar?

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Reply#2 - Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:43 AM EDT
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Aine MacDermot

I've felt that way for the last seven years.

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#2.1 - Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:46 AM EDT
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Mike V.

Post tragedy, like VT, intiates copy-cats and/or related events.

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#2.2 - Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:28 PM EDT
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JimmyHavok

Could be copycat...according to one report, the guy who got into the gun battle with the police had talked about suicide earlier.

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#2.3 - Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:39 PM EDT
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JimmyHavok

Possibly related:

http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=117469

One Man is Dead, Police Officer Critically Injured in Downtown Incident
Created: 4/20/2007 11:32:50 PM
Last updated: 4/20/2007 11:35:03 PM

The incident started as a traffic accident at Memorial and Pine downtown. St. Louis police say a car with a driver and passenger intentionally rammed a city police cruiser. That's when the passenger of the suspect car got out and started firing at police.

Police fired back and killed the suspect. The driver of the car is still at large. He is thought to be armed.

Parts of downtown are still under lockdown.

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Reply#3 - Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:47 AM EDT
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JimmyHavok

When she called, I said "Oh, I saw that on Newsvine, but I didn't look...I didn't realize it was in St Louis." Then I looked, and saw it was in Houston. I guess everyone wants to get in on the action.

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Reply#4 - Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:50 AM EDT
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JimmyHavok

Another local report:

http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/kmov_localnews_070420_policeshooting.2c95aa6f.html

Breaking news: Police officer shot in downtown shooting

10:47 PM CDT on Friday, April 20, 2007

(KMOV) -- There has been a shooting in downtown involving a police officer.

As of 10:30 p.m. on Friday, police were looking for a gunman who shot a St. Louis police officer.

It happened at Pine and Memorial, about one block north of the Adam's Mark Hotel.

Officers were still on the scene at late Friday evening with their guns drawn and the SWAT team has arrived.

Firefighters are working to get the wounded officer out of his car.

Police think the suspect may also have been wounded.

Officers had to shut down I-70, Memorial Drive and 4th Street.

Video file on page.

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Reply#5 - Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:55 AM EDT
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Eyes

Good coverage, keep it up.

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