“Frightening Discovery”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-09-01-discovery-building_N.htm

A gunman holding 3 people hostage inside the Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, MD Wednesday was killed by police and the hostages rescued without harm. It wasn’t clear what the gunman’s intentions were. Since this was Discovery Channel, it was real and unscripted.

Police had attempted to negotiate with the gunman for 4 hours, not including commercial breaks.

The gunman had a handgun and metallic canisters strapped to himself. He might have had bigger weapons and more elaborate looking explosives, but the Discovery Channel is, after all, only a basic cable network.