11-30-2010, 04:48 AM
(CNN) -- A 15-year-old northeast Wisconsin high school student held 24 hostages for about five hours Monday, then turned one of his guns on himself when police broke in at the sound of gun shots.
All of the hostages -- 23 students and one female teacher -- walked away shaken but unharmed, Marinette Police Chief Jeff Skorik told reporters.
The hostage-taker was treated by emergency medical personnel at the scene, then transported to Bay Area Medical Center in Marinette, Wisconsin. Skorik said he did not know the boy's condition as of 9:45 p.m. Monday.
The hostages' release capped a perilous afternoon and evening in Marinette, a town of about 11,600 residents bordering Lake Michigan.
The male student, who had a .22-caliber semi-automatic and a 9-millimeter semi-automatic, took over his first-floor classroom about 3 p.m. Monday, as classes were ending at Marinette High School, said Skorik. He prevented anyone from leaving the room and would only communicate with police via the teacher, Skorik said.
The hostages later told police that he fired one or more of the guns.
edit to add tuesday: the gunman, age 15, Sophomore Samuel Hengel, has died of his wounds.
All of the hostages -- 23 students and one female teacher -- walked away shaken but unharmed, Marinette Police Chief Jeff Skorik told reporters.
The hostage-taker was treated by emergency medical personnel at the scene, then transported to Bay Area Medical Center in Marinette, Wisconsin. Skorik said he did not know the boy's condition as of 9:45 p.m. Monday.
The hostages' release capped a perilous afternoon and evening in Marinette, a town of about 11,600 residents bordering Lake Michigan.
The male student, who had a .22-caliber semi-automatic and a 9-millimeter semi-automatic, took over his first-floor classroom about 3 p.m. Monday, as classes were ending at Marinette High School, said Skorik. He prevented anyone from leaving the room and would only communicate with police via the teacher, Skorik said.
The hostages later told police that he fired one or more of the guns.
edit to add tuesday: the gunman, age 15, Sophomore Samuel Hengel, has died of his wounds.