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Nov 10, 2009 7:44 am US/Pacific

Hostage Situation Ends At N.Y. High School

Suspect Surrenders Without Incident To Authorities After Taking Hostage At Stissing Mountain High School

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: A gunman is holding a principal hostage at a school in Pine Plains, New York on Tuesday morning, November 9, 2009.
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New York State police say a person has been taken into custody after holding a northern New York high school principal hostage on Tuesday morning.

A town official says the gunman who took the adminstrator hostage at Stissing Mountain High is an adult former student.

Police had him confined to one room and all the students are safe after the dramatic incident. The gunman surrendered to police just after 10 a.m.

Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver said the gunman is a man in his 40s.

Several emergency response teams could be seen surrounding the school and the neighboring wooded area.

Margaret Hart, who lives across the street from the school, said police cars were in the neighborhood and helicopters were flying overhead. She says the area around the school has a lot of woods and "a lot of places to hide."

According to Pulver, the school has about 500 students and 100 faculty members.

Pulver says no shots were fired in the standoff.