1 hostage freed, 2 still held at gunpoint inside rural Louisiana bank

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1 hostage freed, 2 still held at gunpoint inside rural Louisiana bank

By Greg Botelho, CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/us/louisiana-bank-hostages/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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(CNN) -- One bank employee was freed, while two of her colleagues remained held at gunpoint Tuesday night inside a rural Louisiana bank, as a slew of law enforcement manned positions and worked for a peaceful resolution.

The woman's negotiated release came about eight hours into the standoff at Tensas State Bank's branch in St. Joseph, Louisiana, a town of about 1,200 people in northeastern Louisiana.

State Police Col. Michael Edmonson described her going free as a "positive," while noting that the situation remains tense and dangerous.

"It's a fluid, active scene," Edmonson told reporters around 9 p.m. (10 p.m. ET). "We still have two hostages in there."



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