Teen Holds Classmates, Teachers at Gunpoint
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A suicidal high school sophomore was arrested Friday after he briefly held about 25 classmates and two teachers hostage at gunpoint, police said.
They said the youth was tackled by two classmates, who took a loaded 9-millimeter semiautomatic gun from him.
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