Man holding family hostage with shotgun on California freeway

[cboy4]

AP-CA--Interstate Closed,0128

NORDEN, Calif. (AP) - The main northern artery linking
California and Nevada is shut down near the Sierra summit while
authorities negotiate with a man holding a woman and children
hostage.

KCRA-TV in Sacramento reported that it was the man's wife and
three children in the car. Stan Perez, chief of the California
Highway Patrol Valley Division, said one of the children is an
infant.

Perez says the man fled from Sacramento County sheriff's
deputies Wednesday afternoon after they tried to stop him for a
parole violation.

A spike strip stopped his sedan on Interstate 80 near Norden,
about 90 miles northeast of Sacramento.

Perez says the man appeared to be armed with a shotgun. Officers
were bringing a relative from Sacramento to help in negotiations.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

AP-NY-04-08-09 2107EDT



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http://www.kcra.com/news/19131581/detail.html#

[Berry Cool]

1. Oh joy, another one.

Maybe it just seems like a day doesn't go by now without it, but damn.

[customerserviceguy]

12. At some point

it starts to look like copy-cat. I fear that we may need an economic recovery to stop seeing these sorts of stories as often as we do.

[virgogal]

2. God,another one? My head hurts.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Jesus Fucking Christ

Not again

[malaise]

4. Good fugging grief

It's killing season or what?

[Ocracoker16]

5. pretty scary to see this type of thing happening all of the time

[Hepburn]

6. Holy fucking shit....

...whadda mess! :wow:

[blaze]

7. Oh mercy

I hope the family makes it out ok.

:cry:

[bridgit]

8. That dude is in major shit!

[Canuckistanian]

9. Oh, great.

Not again. At least no one's been killed.

I just hope there isn't a hot-head cop who tries to charge in and be a hero.

I just think this guy needs some reflection before giving himself up.

[santamargarita]

10. Remember to good old days when it just car chases on the freeway?

This is unbelievable!

[applegrove]

11. Oh god!

[cboy4]

13. ****UPDATE*** Wife, Children Released, Standoff Continues.

NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. -- A wanted felon released his wife and three children, who were held hostage, after a high-speed chase along Interstate 80.

Bail for Andrew Jason Rosas was revoked on Wednesday. He fled shortly after.

Interstate 80 from Kingvale to Soda Springs was shut down in both directions after Rosas led authorities on a high-speed chase Wednesday afternoon. The standoff continues.

Police said the driver had his wife, two children and 10-month-old baby in the car with him.

The CHP sent negotiators to the scene which is being considered a it a hostage situation.

Negotiators tried to throw Rosas a phone, but it was not working.

The negotiators then yelled at Rosas that his sister would be arriving soon to talk to him. The driver gave officials a thumbs-up sign.

Rosas' sister went into a Shell gas station in Kingvale after 6 p.m., then got into a CHP car and went up the hill to Soda Springs.

The driver's bail bondsman, Ken Waters, old KCRA 3 that Rosas is armed and does not want to go back to prison.

http://www.kcra.com/news/19131581/detail.html

[LibraLiz1973]

14. Thank goodness he let them go.