Man in Crane at Texas College Says He's Armed (robbery suspect)

[Omaha Steve]

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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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-crane-texas-college-armed-16446607#.T8Qb_lKqb3M

[jwirr]

1. This of course triggered my memories of the Texas tower murders. What University was that at?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. University of Texas (Austin).

My ex's cousin was one of Charles Whitman's victims.

[jwirr]

3. Sorry to hear that. It was a horrible day. I think that was the first mass murder event that I

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.

[Botany]

4. He made it down PDQ

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/smu-crane-suspect-dies-plummeting-death-article-1.1085901?localLinksEnabled=false

[slackmaster]

5. Mental illness sucks