School Hostage Drama

Lt. Thomas Lasher of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department talks to parents on a street near Stissing Mountain High School, where a man held a principal hostage in Pine Plains, N.Y., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.

A Stissing Mountain High School former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said. No one was injured.

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Police respond to reports that a gunman has taken a school principal hostage in Pine Plains, N.Y., Nov. 10, 2009.

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A suspected gunman is taken into police custody after allegedly taking an administrator hostage at Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, N.Y., Nov. 10, 2009.

New York State Police direct traffic on a street near Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, N.Y., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said.

Parents gather on a street near Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, N.Y., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said.

Dutchess County deputy sheriff T.J. Hanlon talks to the media in Pine Plains, N.Y., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour at a local school Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said.