Possible Hostage Situation At Governor's Building in Missouri

Source: KMBC News in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Authorities have surrounded the Governor's Office Building in Jefferson City, where a hostage situation is apparently unfolding.

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder reported on his Twitter account that there are sharpshooters on the roof of the Jefferson Building because of a hostage situation on the fifth-floor of the Governor's Office Building.

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Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/news/21573245/detail.html

Missouri Lt. Governor Kinder says a hostage situation is unfolding in the Governor Office Building
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews/status/5593619114

They've roped off several blocks in Jeff City, MO as they're looking into what is going on. There are no reports of shots fired at this time or any official reports of hostages.

Grandpa is mad because they keep breaking into The View with updates where they aren't actually giving us any info.

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From KRCG: JEFFERSON CITY -- UPDATE: 10:46 am

Hostage negotiators are on scene in Jefferson City after police received an alarm of a hostage situation.

Jefferson City Police say that, contrary to initial reports, they cannot confirm that any shots have been fired.

KRCG's crew at the scene report that the swat team in on scene and that sharp shooters have been positioned on nearby rooftops.

The Governor Office Building is a low-rise office building on Madison Street. The building houses such government offices as the Public Service Commission.


http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=204392

Really, that is where we are in terms of government communication today?

Yes. In fact.

And it drives their formation of decisions as well. Takes a lot of the pressure off of the poor dears. They can even have a Twitter Dweeb following them around to tweet their every thoughts on a Blackberry.

Some school in Australia is even teaching about Twitter as part of a journalism course!!


:wtf:

It can be accessed from anywhere with a wireless connection, which is virtually everyplace. I think you can even send updates by text message, so you don't need a fancy 3G-capable netsurfing phone, just something that can do SMS. The press will continually monitor the Twitter feeds of politicians on their wireless devices or from their computers.

So it's easier to break news via Twitter than by adding to, say, a press-release blog on a government or corporate web site. Not detail rich, but good for a headline and a link.

Evacuating bldg. One staffer called from 9th floor of Gov Office bldg to report "it doesn't seem like a crisis". Let's hope so.
http://twitter.com/PeterKinder/status/5594483662

it's no big deal:

http://www.kctv5.com/news/21573375/detail.html

Here is word from the Governor:

In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Nixon has been fully briefed on the situation by. Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. James F. Kealthley.

The statement said that Nixon had been attending a business meeting in Texas, but returned to Jefferson City as soon as he learned of the situation. Nixon has been in contact with law enforcement and his senior staff during the entire incident.

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Why would he come back as soon as he learned of the situation when details are so sketchy? Weird.

There has been nothing on cable.

http://www.kctv5.com/news/21573375/detail.html

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- KRCG in Jefferson City is reporting that police have shut down a city block because of a possible hostage situation at a downtown office building.

Jefferson City Police said they received an alarm message about a hostage situation, but they said they have not been able to confirm it.

THe St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that Capt. Tim Hull, of the highway patrol, said a woman in the building thought she heard the word “hostage” over an intercom. She called the building’s security company, which contacted police. Authorities locked the building down and continue to investigate.

The Post-Dispatch reports that SWAT teams in fatigues are preparing to enter the building now.

... An employee at a state agency in the building said she heard what she believed to be a warning of a hostage situation through an intercom system, police said. She told a supervisor, who in turn called the building’s security company, which notified police ... http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1561944.html