![]() "I heard one of my fellow employees say, 'Run, he's got a gun,' then I heard the little pop of the gun, I guess, and we all ran and law enforcement took over," employee Allen Anthony Dowling said. ![]() He was pronounced dead at the scene," the news release said.Įarlier in the day, Fiore said the suspect had been taken to a hospital after being shot but that his condition was not known. "Multiple members of law enforcement fired at the man, who was armed with a handgun. The women escaped without serious injuries after the standoff in Logan Township, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Philadelphia, Fiore said. ![]() Officials believe that Owens had a prior relationship with one of the hostages, Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore said. and fired shots, which did not strike anyone, before taking the women to a room and barricading himself inside with them, authorities said. Owens had entered the business at about 8:45 a.m. Several officers fired at William Owens, 39, of Sicklerville, New Jersey, after he and the hostages had left the building, the state Attorney General's Office said in a news release that did not detail the situation or explain why the suspect was shot. (AP) - An armed man who entered a UPS processing facility Monday morning and held two women hostage for several hours was shot and killed by police as he left the building with the women, authorities said.
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