The Latest: Man who took hostages at UPS facility is dead
New Jersey's attorney general says the armed man who burst into a UPS facility and took two female workers hostage was shot and killed by police after he exited the building with both women
Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore gives an update on the police standoff at the UPS facility in Logan Township, Gloucester County, Monday, Dec. 14, 2019. (Tim Hawk/NJ Advance Media via AP)
LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- The Latest on the resolved hostage situation at UPS facility (all times local):
5:10 p.m.
New Jersey's attorney general says the armed man who burst into a UPS facility and took two female workers hostage was shot and killed by police after he exited the building with both women.
Gurbir S. Grewal's office says in a statement the man has been identified as 39-year-old William Owens, of Sicklerville, New Jersey.
He says officers responded to the supply chain processing facility in Logan Township, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Philadelphia, around 8:45 a.m. Monday over reports of a man with a gun.
He says multiple members of law enforcement fired at the man when he exited the building with the women.
Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore says there was apparently a prior relationship between the gunman and one of the women he took hostage.
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12:20 p.m.
Prosecutors say an armed man burst into a UPS facility in New Jersey and took two female workers hostage before officers stormed in and resolved the ordeal.
Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore says the suspect was apparently shot and injured, but the women were unharmed in the situation Monday at the supply chain processing facility in Logan Township, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Philadelphia.
Employee Allen Anthony Dowling tells The Associated Press he heard a fellow worker say someone had a gun. Dowling says he then heard what he thought was a gunshot and began to run along with other employees.
Fiore says there was apparently a prior relationship between the gunman and one of the women he took hostage.
Police swarmed the area in the morning and evacuated employees.
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11:10 a.m.
An employee at a UPS facility that is the scene of a reported active shooter situation in New Jersey says he heard an apparent gunshot and began to run.
Allen Anthony Dowling tells The Associated Press he heard a fellow worker say someone had a gun. Dowling says he then heard what he thought was a gunshot and began to run along with other employees.
Police surrounded an area around a loading dock at the supply chain processing facility in Logan Township, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Philadelphia.
Television news footage showed armed officers crouching behind one of the vehicles.
In a statement, UPS says it's working with law enforcement on an active shooter situation, but did not provide details or identify if any employees were involved.
Schools in the area were put on a modified lockdown.
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10:05 a.m.
Police have surrounded a United Parcel Service facility in New Jersey in response to a reported active shooter.
Television images show police cars surrounding the loading dock area of the building in Logan Township, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Philadelphia.
Armed officers can be seen crouching behind one of the vehicles.
A person answering the phone at the township police department says it is an active shooter situation, but didn't give further details.
