Stissing Mountain High School Gunman takes Administrator Hostage.

Officials: NY Hostage-Taker has been taken into Custody

The  gunman who allegedly was holding  a high school principal  hostage at Stissing Mountain  High School in upstate New York is said to have been taken into custody.

AOL.com reports:  A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said. No one was injured.

A state government official said the man in custody is Christopher Craft of Pine Plains and the hostage was Stissing Mountain Middle School Principal Bob Hess. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details.

The Stissing Mountain middle and high schools share a campus.  Read full story here

Stissing Mountain High School

According to  local news sources students are being released after the school was put into lock for the situation. As of  9:30, approximately  100 students  had been evacuated. Sources have reported that the situation in the office of director of middle school is said to be stable.

The gunman is said to be the  father of a middle school student.

Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, New York on Lockdown

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