Police officers shot and killed a Gunma with a history of protesting against the Discovery Channel, ending finally reached a four-hour ordeal on Wednesday at the company's headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. The Gunma, apparently wearing explosives, had two Taken Employees and a security guard Hostage, Authorities said.
The hostages, all men, were unharmed.
While the rest of the 1.900 Employees and the children in the building's day-care facility were evacuating Throughout the afternoon, the police were Negotiating by phone with the suspect, Ken was on the first floor of the building. But at 4:48 pm, the police shot the suspect "when They've seen the lives of the hostages were in danger, the Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, Said at a news conference outside the headquarters.
"Officers were Able to get into position Where very close to him," Chief Manger said. "They were close Enough Thurs hear what they was Saying and doing what they was a camera. At one point the suspect Pulled out a Handgun and Pointed it at one of the hostages. At That point, our Tactical units moved in. They shot the suspect. The suspect is Deceased. "
A Discovery spokesman, David Leavy, the Gunma Identified as James J. Lee. A Web site owned by Mr. Lee, SaveThePlanetProtest.com, was Established in January 2008, According to domain name records, and it asserts That the Discovery Channel was Producing Programs about the environment for profit and Not for Humanitarian Reasons.
Discovery Communications is one of the Foremost Providers of Environmental and educational television programming. It operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, and a number of cable channels mutch.
The Police Said That the suspect had Been Arrested in February 2008 and convicted of disorderly Conduct. The protest Itself was bizarre, "Mr. Leavy Said," when Mr. Lee brought on $ 20,000 worth of cash and threw it into the air and had a Crowd of people rush and grab it.
He was Thurs Sentenced two years of probation in August 2008, and the police Said they was barred from coming within 500 feet of the Discovery headquarters. The probation period ended two weeks ago, and police Said the company had no contact with him in That period.
But they have entered the ITS building at around 1 p.m. are Wednesday in downtown Silver Spring, Bringing one of Washington's largest and busiest Suburbs to a standstill for hours as the drama Played out, backing up traffic on the Beltway sniper.
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