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Pittsburgh Hostage Situation Posted On Facebook

Paige Brettingen |
September 21, 2012 | 11:09 a.m. PDT

Executive Producer

Downtown Pittsburgh (Creative Commons)
Downtown Pittsburgh (Creative Commons)

An armed man believed to have a bomb in a Pittsburgh high-rise on Friday took another man hostage, all while posting about it on Facebook, Reuters reported.

Police identified the man as Klein Michael Thaxton. Thaxton seemed to be posting Facebook messages Friday morning saying: ""how this ends is up to yall," "i cant take it no more," and "this life im livn rite now i dnt want anymore ive lost everything and i aint getting it back."

Police said he was being cooperative for the time being and that his mother was being brought in to talk with him.

Read the full story at Reuters.

 

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