Shortly before noon, as Fiore held a news conference at a township building about 8 miles (12 kilometers) away, a short burst of gunfire was heard at the scene. Television news footage showed officers crouched behind a vehicle behind the building's loading dock at the time. Hostage negotiators talked to the suspect by phone as he held the women captive. Police evacuated the building and blocked access to the busy industrial park, and nearby schools were put on a modified lockdown.
"I heard one of my fellow employees say, 'Run, he's got a gun,' then I heard the little pop of the gun, I guess, and we all ran and law enforcement took over," employee Allen Anthony Dowling said. He was pronounced dead at the scene," the news release said.Įarlier in the day, Fiore said the suspect had been taken to a hospital after being shot but that his condition was not known. "Multiple members of law enforcement fired at the man, who was armed with a handgun. The women escaped without serious injuries after the standoff in Logan Township, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Philadelphia, Fiore said. Officials believe that Owens had a prior relationship with one of the hostages, Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore said. and fired shots, which did not strike anyone, before taking the women to a room and barricading himself inside with them, authorities said. Owens had entered the business at about 8:45 a.m. Several officers fired at William Owens, 39, of Sicklerville, New Jersey, after he and the hostages had left the building, the state Attorney General's Office said in a news release that did not detail the situation or explain why the suspect was shot. (AP) - An armed man who entered a UPS processing facility Monday morning and held two women hostage for several hours was shot and killed by police as he left the building with the women, authorities said.
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