The police really fucked up big time on this one. Negotiations broke down my ass The gunman hadn't shot anyone up to the point at which the stormtroopers decided the life of two high school girls weren't more important than getting home to a late dinner with the family and a night of CSI On a positive note one of two girls walked away physically unscathed Hotwater
The sequence of events sounds fishy too. Contradictory versions have come out. What's interesting is that there were probably a lot of agencies responding to this incident. There were probably a lot of witnesses on the scene. So a lot of people will have to conspire to keep it quiet. But that is exactly how "law enforcement" operates. They actually spent far more time concocting this story than they did "negotiating" with the guy.