A 15-year old student left a room where a movie was being shown and returned with a .22 handgun and a 9mm pistol.
He shot the projector and then held 23 students and a teacher hostage.
Later, he released 5 students because they had to go to the bathroom.
One Student who talked with reporters said the gunman did not wish to hurt anyone.
Although several shots were fired by the student before the police arrived, the only casualty was a film projector.
A police negotiator was able to talk with a teacher who said no one was harmed. The child gunman refused to talk with the negotiators.
The Technology Splice Blog reports: An official at Marinette high school called the authorities just before 4pm local time to say a student had taken over a classroom.
Now Public found out: Authorities say the 23 students along with one female teacher have been released from the classroom where they were held hostage by a student armed with a hand gun.
The Huffington Post tells us: Officers who were outside the Marinette High School classroom said they heard three gunshots shortly after 8 p.m. and busted through the door, said Police Chief Jeff Skorik. The 15-year-old male gunman then shot himself.
After five hours, the student gunman fired several more shots. None of the shots were aimed at any of the hostages.
The police SWAT Team then crashed through the door. The gunman shot himself.
The 15-year old gunman was taken to the hospital and his condition has not been released.
School officials announced classes were cancelled all of Tuesday and counselors would be available for all the hostages.
News of the hostage situation spread over the social media like Twitter and Facebook before any of the news organizations.
In fact, news of the 5 hostage release and the final resolution were spread by the students and some of the news media reported the breaking news based on their monitoring some Twitter and Facebook accounts before being notified by the police.
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