‘Environmental militant’ shot and killed
p2pnet view Crime:- “Environmental militant” James J. Lee (right), angry with the Discovery Channel over its programming, was shot and killed during a stand-off at the TV station’s HQ.
Wielding a gun and wearing “explosive devices” Lee, 43, “took a security guard and two other employees hostage, police said”, according to the Los Angeles Times, which goes on >>>
“After several hours of telephone negotiations, Lee pulled out his gun and pointed it at one of the hostages, police said. Tactical officers then took aim at Lee, killing him. It was unclear whether Lee had been able to fire his gun, but all three hostages were able to escape safely, according to officials.
“I know that he had some history with folks at Discovery Channel,” Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said at a news conference after the shooting.
Lee “once threw money to bystanders as a protest along a Silver Spring street and who believed that the world would be better off without people”, says the Washington Post, adding:
“Lee held a grudge against Discovery, viewing the network as a purveyor of ideas he considered environmentally destructive and staging protests outside its headquarters, according to authorities and court records.
“Yet he got little farther than the lobby of the vast complex while the company alerted its thousands of employees and urged them to stay in locked offices and then evacuate using a designated stairwell.”
… and identi.ca
Los Angeles Times – Discovery Channel hostage crisis ends with gunman’s death, September 2, 2010
Washington Post – James J. Lee, environmental militant, slain at Discovery building after taking hostages, September 2, 2010
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September 3rd, 2010 at 6:42 am
I still think it looks like Jon Gosselin