Man in Crane at Texas College Says He's Armed (robbery suspect)
Source: AP-ABC
By NOMAAN MERCHANT
Police tried Monday to coax a man from a crane cab on the Southern Methodist University campus in suburban Dallas after he told officers he was armed and threatened to shoot anyone who approached him.
The crane towers about 150 feet over the campus in University Park, a posh north Dallas enclave.
Special tactics officers from the Dallas Police Department were working with SMU campus police to manage the scene and try to talk the man down from the crane. No injuries had been reported.
Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Melinda Gutierrez said campus police "did call us about a person who had climbed up into the crane who was possibly armed with a handgun. At this time, we are not confirming that he does have a handgun."
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jwirr
(39,215 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,925 posts)My ex's cousin was one of Charles Whitman's victims.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)remember happening her in the states. The Charles Starkweather murders were about the same time. It was a time when we woke up to the realities of life. It wasn't all fine and dandy.