2006 Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis
Hostage-taking and shooting in Bailey, Colorado / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis was a hostage taking and shooting at Platte Canyon High School in Bailey, Colorado, on September 27, 2006. The gunman, 53-year-old[2] Duane Roger Morrison, took seven female students hostage and sexually assaulted them,[3] later releasing four. When police broke open the classroom's door with explosives, Morrison opened fire with a semi-automatic pistol before shooting hostage Emily Keyes in the head. The other remaining hostages escaped unharmed, and paramedics confirmed that Morrison had committed suicide shortly before police were able to enter the classroom. Keyes was pronounced dead at 4:32 p.m. MDT (23:32 UTC) at Saint Anthony's Hospital in Denver, Colorado, after undergoing emergency surgery.[4]
2006 Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis | |
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Location | Bailey, Colorado, United States |
Date | September 27, 2006 c. 11:40 a.m.–3:45 p.m. (UTC-6) |
Target | Platte Canyon High School |
Attack type | School shooting, murder-suicide, hostage taking, sexual assault |
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Deaths | 2 (Keyes and the perpetrator) |
Injured | 7 (via sexual assault) |
Perpetrator | Duane Roger Morrison |