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MSNBC is reporting that hostages have been able to contact family. And that the man pushed in the wheelchair and the explosives are strapped to his body.
5 held hostage at rural Virginia post office
Police said in a press release that the man entered pushing a wheelchair but the purpose of the chair is not known.
Earlier reports said he was in a wheelchair.
Shots were fired earlier, but there were no reports of injuries. Relatives say the hostages have been able to contact them by phone. .
Virginia State Police sent in a SWAT team and a bomb technician, and police at the scene told the Wytheville Enterprise the man had five pounds of a common plastic explosive strapped to his chest. State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller would not confirm that.
5 held hostage at rural Virginia post office
Police said in a press release that the man entered pushing a wheelchair but the purpose of the chair is not known.
Earlier reports said he was in a wheelchair.
Shots were fired earlier, but there were no reports of injuries. Relatives say the hostages have been able to contact them by phone. .
Virginia State Police sent in a SWAT team and a bomb technician, and police at the scene told the Wytheville Enterprise the man had five pounds of a common plastic explosive strapped to his chest. State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller would not confirm that.