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Pittsburgh High-Rise Hostage Standoff
Gunman holds on man hostage on 16th floor of downtown office building
Friday, September 21, 2012
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh's police chief says authorities are negotiating with an armed man who has taken at least one hostage in a downtown office building.
People evacuated by Pittsburgh Police from the Gateway Three office building wait outside as the police negotiate with a man who claims to have a bomb in a suite in the sixteenth floor, in downtown Pittsburgh Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. A call about an armed man inside the building prompted the evacuation amid reports of a hostage situation. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
People evacuated by Pittsburgh Police from the Gateway Three office building, left rear, wait outside as the police negotiate with a man who claims to have a bomb in a suite in the sixteenth floor, in downtown Pittsburgh Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Police block off the area around Three Gateway Center, building left rear, where they are negotiating with a man who claims to have a bomb, in downtown Pittsburgh, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. A call about an armed man inside the building prompted an evacuation amid reports of a hostage situation. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Police block off the area around Three Gateway Centeroffice building, rear, where they are negotiating with a man who claims to have a bomb, in downtown Pittsburgh Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. A call about an armed man inside the building prompted an evacuation amid reports of a hostage situation. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Police block off the area around Three Gateway Centeroffice building, rear, where they are negotiating with a man who claims to have a bomb, in downtown Pittsburgh Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. A call about an armed man inside the building prompted an evacuation amid reports of a hostage situation. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Police block off the area around Three Gateway Center, building left rear, where they are negotiating with a man who claims to have a bomb, in downtown Pittsburgh Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. A call about an armed man inside the building prompted an evacuation amid reports of a hostage situation. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper, center, briefs media outside the 3 Gateway Center building, rear center, in downtown Pittsburgh, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Police are trying to negotiate with a man claiming to have a bomb and a gun on the 16th floor of the 3 Gateway Center building. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)