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Published on: 9/18/2003
Last Visited: 9/18/2003
The gunman claimed to be a member of al-Qaida, and Williamson said that although authorities have no reason to believe the claim, the FBI had been called in. Justice Department officials in Washington also said they had no evidence that the gunman was a member of the terrorist organization.
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Williamson said there were 12 to 16 people in the classroom when the standoff began.The three students Kilpatrick released were all women, one of whom was pregnant.The teacher remained in the classroom.
Officers were communicating to the gunman through student hostages on their cell phones, "but he won't talk directly to us," Williamson said.
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They were talking to his sister at the scene, but the gunman wouldn't talk to her, Williamson said.
"I think eventually he'll surrender," Williamson said.