The hostage situation at the Bailey Colorado high school ended Wednesday with the gunman fatally shooting a teenage girl before killing himself.
Six hostages were initially taken in the afternoon at the Platte Canyon High School in the small town of Bailey, about 55 kilometres southwest of Denver.
An adult gunman walked into the building, opened fire and claimed to have explosives, authorities said. He then separated males from females and held six of the girls as hostages, witnesses told Denver's Rocky Mountain News.
Four hostages were allowed to leave. Two female students remained when witnesses reported hearing an explosion around 3:30 p.m. MT, about 30 minutes before a deadline the gunman had imposed, authorities said.
It is unclear what the gunman's motive was, or whether authorities entered before or after the gunshots were fired. The Jefferson County sheriff's department said the suspect barricaded himself in a classroom with the students.
Bailey is located about 50 kilometres from Littleton, Colo., where two high school students shot and killed 13 people in Columbine High School in 1999.
I received an e-mail from a really bright Liberal friend who did his graduate work in the UK and he made a good point that I hope is not lost on Jan Wong,
Colorado had another school shooting yesterday - same county as Colombine. Must be their oppressive language laws...
Once again, I conclude as I did after Dawson, Columbine and Ecole Polytechnique - we need stronger measures to control civilian use of firearms - period, full stop.
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