High school seige gunman dead

A middle-aged gunman walked into the high school in the US mountain town of Bailey, Colorado, yesterday, shot and critically wounded a student and then killed himself after police commando team members entered the building, authorities said.

Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener said authorities decided to enter the school after the suspect cut off negotiations and set a deadline. At the time, the gunman had turned four student hostages loose but was still holed up with two girls.