Gunman Shot And In Custody, Hostages Safe
Posted on Sep 01, 2010 @ 12:10PM
The gunman identified as radical environmentalist James Jay Lee has been taken into custody after being shot and all three hostages have been safely removed from the Discovery Channel Headquarters, RadarOnline.com has learned.
PHOTOS: James Jay Lee And The Discovery Channel Building
On Wednesday, Lee stormed the Discovery Channel Headquarters in Maryland armed with a gun and with explosives reportedly strapped to his body.
After nearly four hours, police snipers shot Lee and he was taken into custody. His condition is unknown.
Gunman Enters Discovery Channel Building, May Have Explosives
In a manifesto published on his site, Lee wrote: "All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions.”
“In those programs' places, programs encouraging human sterilization and infertility must be pushed. All former pro-birth programs must now push in the direction of stopping human birth, not encouraging it."
He demanded Discovery "MUST broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet."
Hostage Suspect Warned Discovery: 'Stop Shows Glorifying Human Birthing'
There are 11 demands telling the company to cease airing shows about large families and start airing shows that would promote curbing the plant's population growth, finding solutions for global warming and dismantling "the dangerous US world economy."
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Now this big storm coming up the coast as far as Cape Cod. Say your prayers guys.
Posted Wed, 09/01/2010 - 5:34pm
Why would an environmentalist do this? News said he hated the show Baby stories about births and pregnancies. Weird.
Posted Wed, 09/01/2010 - 5:33pm
Thankfully this is over.
Posted Wed, 09/01/2010 - 4:45pm
Our prayers are with all of you that are associated with Dicovery HQ.
Posted Wed, 09/01/2010 - 4:41pm
Yes thankfully all our contacts at Discovery and Planet Green are safe, and this turkey is dead.
Posted Wed, 09/01/2010 - 4:36pm
Actually he is dead.
Posted Wed, 09/01/2010 - 4:34pm