Holdup and reported hostage situation underway at Tuscaloosa credit union

[jbcarol]

https://twitter.com/aldotcom/status/818840583703789568

Lawmen are on the scene of a hostage situation at a Tuscaloosa credit union.

The situation began about 8:30 p.m. at Alabama Credit Union at 220 Paul W Bryant Drive. A campus-wide alert has been sent ordering everyone in the area to stay away.

A SWAT team is on the scene, with guns drawn, and has surrounded the building, according to witnesses. A helicopter is hovering over the scene.

https://twitter.com/RobinsonCarol/status/818834492936765440

[jbcarol]

carol robinson ‏@RobinsonCarol 57s57 seconds ago

Police say the gunman entered about 8:30 a.m.: Hostage situation underway at Tuscaloosa credit union

[jbcarol]

carol robinson ‏@RobinsonCarol 58s59 seconds ago

The FBI is also on the scene: Hostage situation underway at Tuscaloosa credit union near campus

[jbcarol]

carol robinson ‏@RobinsonCarol 1m1 minute ago

"As far as we know, all are OK" - Alabama Credit Union CEO. Hostage situation underway at Tuscaloosa credit union

[LRHawg]

http://kssn.iheart.com/articles/national-news-104668/hostage-situation-unfolding-at-credit-union-15455381/#ixzz4VNPGB29l


Somebody go talk Saban down before he hurts someone.

Seriously though, hope this is resolved with no injured parties.

[jbcarol]

https://twitter.com/RobinsonCarol/status/818861882513747969

A hostage situation at a Tuscaloosa credit union ended peacefully just over two hours after it began this morning.

At least a half dozen lawmen entered the building about 10:45 a.m. and the lone gunman was captured. There did not appear to be any injuries.

Tuscaloosa police Lt. Teena Richardson said a gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage. "It didn't come in as a robbery,'' Richardson said. "We don't know what the issue is."

[Hog N Bama]

Who cares?

[jbcarol]

https://twitter.com/aldotcom/status/819538440077377536

Tuscaloosa teen who police say held 11 employees hostage for more than two hours at a Tuscaloosa credit was armed with a BB gun. Cedrick Lamar Collins, already facing 2015 charges of rape and robbery, had also gathered "a large amount of money" that he was trying to take from the bank.

Collins is charged with first-degree robbery in the two-hour ordeal at Alabama Credit Union, which began about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday and ended peacefully with no injuries and Collins' arrest about 10:45 a.m.

According to a deposition in the case, University of Alabama police officers first responded to the credit union on Paul Bryant Drive in Tuscaloosa on a welfare check, after someone called 911 to report a robbery in progress and a person with a gun. When the officers arrived, they "observed a subject in the building, later identified as Cedrick Lamar Collins, that appeared suspicious."

Police officials on Tuesday said that because of the officers' swift response to the scene, Collins was hemmed in at the credit union, his robbery attempt foiled and with no way to escape. That's when it became a hostage situation.

There were 11 employees inside the building when Collins entered, brandishing a Marksman Repeater BB gun. At one point, the deposition shows, police were able to rescue one hostage and escort her out of the building. The document doesn't say at what point during the two hour, 15 minute standoff that happened.

"She confirmed that the suspect had a gun and was demanding that someone open the safe,'' the document reads. "There were other employees in the building that were taken hostage. During the incident, Collins gathered a large amount of money that he was attempting to leave the bank with."