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Official: Hostages released from Wis. high school

Posted: Nov 29, 2010 9:08 PM by Alison Haynes

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MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) - Authorities say two dozen people have been released from a Wisconsin high school classroom where a student armed with a handgun had held them hostage.
The office of Emergency Management Director Eric Burmeister says all 23 students and a teacher who were taken hostage about 3 p.m. Monday were released unharmed more than five hours later.
The office didn't immediately release information about the status of the male gunman.

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