Armed man and possible bomb in discovery channel building in washington. Sky news covering it.

Excellent, thanks

Ta. Tuning in..

Thought the swat would have had him by now.

The USA have been looking for Bin Laden since 2001 what makes you think they would find a hostage within 24hours

At least one hostage has been taken by an armed man inside the Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, police say.

The gunman, named by US media as James Lee, had metallic canisters strapped to his chest and a handgun when he entered the building, police said.

Montgomery County Police Captain Paul Starks said officers were communicating with the man.

The area around the building, outside Washington DC, has been sealed off.

Discovery employees were evacuated from the building shortly after the incident began at around 1800GMT.

But police said some of the 1,900 workers could still be inside the building.

One female Discovery worker told the BBC that two hostages were being held inside the building.

Ongoing hostage situation

Montgomery County Police Chief J Thomas Manger said a man entered the Discovery headquarters through the main entrance wearing what appeared to be "metallic canisters".

The man then pulled out a handgun and told everyone to remain still.

"We are in negotiations with him currently," Mr Manger said.

Captain Oscar Garcia of the Montgomery County fire department said bomb technicians were at the scene of the incident.

US media named the gunman as James Jay Lee, a man in his 40s known for protesting outside the building.

Discovery Communications reaches 1.5bn subscribers in 180 countries through networks like Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and the Science Channel.

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Dead, police shot him.

I saw it on Sky news. His demands don't seem excesive, why don't they just tell him he can have them and arrest him?

Pow!

Wonder if he will get his own fan page on facefook like mr moat.

Tut,tut, can't just lie to people Captain.

Woo

Wots the pic?

lol, he was throwing money to the public before all this kicked off, never seen so many scavengers

The bellend lol