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| 休士顿航天中心发生枪案
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| 时间：2007/04/21 出处：CNN |
据报道,警方说,一名男合同工人在约翰斯顿宇航中心劫持了两名人质,并与警察对峙了四个小时。他后来放过了一名女人质,但杀死了另一名被劫持的男子,然后吞枪自杀。
警方说,他们试图和这名枪手谈判,但听到了枪声后,他们立即冲进了枪手藏身的房间,发现枪手和一名男人质死亡,这名女人质的双手和双脚都被强力胶带捆绑, 但没有受到伤害,现正接受医护人员的照顾。警方指出,他们在同一层楼里发现了另一名人质中枪,相信是在早些时候受伤的。
美国宇航局的官员说,他们的任务没有受到这起事件的影响,事件发生后,他们立即发电子邮件通知所有工作人员,找寻地方暂避。当官员们得悉情况受到控制后,他们发出第二个电邮,通知职工可以回家或随意行动。
美国宇航局发言人说,他们有一套安全标准守则,包括抽查进入中心的车辆,宇航局的领导层和保安官员将仔细研究和检讨这次枪击事件。
约翰斯顿宇航中心是美国航天飞机任务的控制中心。早些时候,在美国宇航局位于休斯敦的约翰斯顿宇航中心据报遭一名枪手潜入,当局随即展开疏散和搜查随后,美国宇航局疏散了中心内至少一栋建筑。
对是否有枪声,以及是否有一名男子躲在建筑里,美国宇航局发言人都没有证实。警方在当地时间20日下午1时40分抵达现场。休斯敦警方表示,他们向约翰斯顿太空中心派出了一架直升飞机、警犬和一支特种部队。不过,当局要求在中心里其他大楼工作的数千名工作人员继续留在办公室。
最新消息：
位于美国得克萨斯州休斯敦的约翰逊航天中心当天下午发生一起枪击事件，凶手在杀害一名男性人质后开枪自杀。
当地警方说，凶手是该航天中心的一位男性合同工人，他是在与警方对峙过程中开枪自杀的。警方还发现一名女性人质，这名人质被凶手用胶带绑着，但没有受伤。
据报道，枪击事件发生在约翰逊航天中心的第44栋建筑物内，里面有通信设备和一个实验室。枪击事件发生后，警方疏散了建筑物内的工作人员。
美国宇航局官员表示，NASA安全人员在下午1时40分（东岸时间2时40分）获报，主管通讯与追踪发展实验室的44号建筑内，有一名男子持枪闯入。 44号建筑为一栋两层楼的建筑，位于约翰逊宇航中心的中央，据CNN报导，此栋楼为约翰逊宇航中心最小的大楼之一，拥有两个实验室，该宇航中心有3000 名员工以及12000聘顾人员。警方也获报楼内曾发生枪响。
早前报道：
位于德州休士顿的美国太空总署约翰逊宇航中心（NASA Johnson Space Center）其中一栋楼，20日午後传出一持枪男子在其中，当局立即疏散楼内人员。
据CNN报导，NASA安全人员在下午1时40分获报，主管通讯与追踪发展实验室的44号建筑内，有一名持枪男子，但对男子的描述还不清楚。 44号建筑为一栋两层楼的建筑，位于约翰逊宇航中心的中央，此栋楼为约翰逊宇航中心最小的大楼之一，该中心有3000名员工以及12000 聘顾人员。据闻有人在楼内听到枪响。目前所有人员已疏散。
警方已封锁了现场，正试图找出此名男子。目前还未有伤亡或失踪情况传出。
CNN最新消息称，此名男子为该中心约聘雇员，因此得以进入44号建筑。目前中心警备森严，进出均受到严格检查。
最新情报指出，警方在二楼发现此名持枪男子，白人、50至52岁、穿着蓝色牛仔裤、蓝上衣、警方正试图与男子沟通，还不清楚男子是否有同伴。
休斯顿太空中心简介：
概况：
休斯顿太空中心 (Space Center Houston)和美国太空总署约翰逊宇航中心（NASA Johnson Space Center）应该说是两个地方，但又不可分割。约翰逊宇航中心是美国最大的航天研究，生产及控制中心。美国的航天火箭，航天飞机都是在佛罗里达发射的，但是所有的控制都是在这儿完成的。这儿当然也是1969年登月的控制中心。所以人类在月球上说的第一个词就是“休斯顿”，以至于现在人们常开玩笑说 “Houston, we have a problem”（休斯顿，我们遇到麻烦了）。
休斯顿太空中心是一个为游客设计的旅游服务设施。它是休斯顿地区最吸引游客的景点。它里面有很多珍贵的实物展品（如返回舱，月球岩石），有关登月球的介绍，高科技演示等。在这里游客可以用手触摸月球上采集回来的岩石块，可以看宇航，登月及星际旅行的电影（三场电影总共95分钟），看登月的火箭。
全部游览下来要四到六个小时。如果您时间短，只要在大火箭旁照张像，就不必去花二十美元去太空中心，直接进宇航中心的火箭公园即可，不要钱。从火箭公园再往里面走不远就是当年登月后召开新闻发布会的地方。这个地方在室外，一切按原样布置。
参观太空中心时，有小火车载游客进宇航中心（包括火箭公园）参观，每二十分钟一趟。这一段人多，等的时间最长，如有可能，应尽早去。另外，太空中心里面有一个地方给每个人照相，游客往往以为是免费的，其实不是，而且还很贵，每张十来美元。若不想花那钱就别照，或者照了后别拿照片。
911以前，每年八月宇航中心有一次“开门迎客”的开放日活动(open house)，可以真正看到一些东西，还可以得到宇航员的签名照片，并当场与宇航员合影。不过排队等的时间长一点，一个多小时。
Gunman kills hostage, self at NASA center
HOUSTON - A NASA contract worker armed with a handgun killed a hostage and then himself after a nearly four-hour standoff Friday in an office building at Johnson Space Center, Houston police said.
The slain hostage, a man, was shot in the chest and was likely to have been shot "in the early minutes of the whole ordeal," Police Capt. Dwayne Ready said. Initial reports indicated two shots were fired at about 1:40 p.m. CDT and another shot was heard about 5 p.m.
A second hostage, a woman, escaped after being bound to a chair with duct tape, Ready said.
The gunman, an employee of Jacobs Engineering of Pasadena, Calif., shot himself once in the head more than three hours after barricading himself on the second floor of Building 44, which houses communications and tracking development lab, Ready said. The gun was a snub-nosed revolver, either .38 or .357-caliber, Ready said.
Authorities did not identify any of those involved in the ordeal. However, co-workers told MSNBC.com on condition of anonymity that the gunman was long considered an office hothead. He did not work at Building 44, but rather at a nearby office building, they said.
A NASA spokesman said the agency would likely review its security. "Any organization would take a good, hard look at the kind of review process we have with people," Doug Peterson said.
To enter NASA, workers flash an ID badge as they drive past a security guard. The badge allows the workers access to designated buildings.
Building 44 was evacuated shortly after gunshots were heard, and SWAT officers surrounded the building, which houses communications and a tracking development laboratory.
Ready described the gunman as being between 50 and 60 years old. He declined to speculate on what the man's motive might have been, but based on the reports from co-workers, the motive may have been work-related.
The gunman was an employee of Jacobs Engineering, which has an engineering technical support contract with NASA, said Jacobs executive vice president John Prosser. "We understand it is one of our employees," Prosser said. "Beyond that, we have no comment."
Police were unable to talk to the gunman during the ordeal, despite repeated attempts to reach him.
NASA employees and contract workers were kept informed of the situation by e-mail, including the first one which began, "We have a report of a weapon in Building 44."
Roads within the 1,600-acre campus were blocked off. A nearby middle school also kept its teachers and students inside as the school day ended, but reopened to allow students to leave.
President Bush was informed about the incident by counselor Dan Bartlett as he flew back to Washington from an event in Michigan, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. The White House was getting regular updates from NASA, she said, with Bush's top homeland security aide monitoring it.
Another NASA spokesman, James Hartsfield, said the building was "one of the smaller" office buildings on the JSC campus, where Mission Control is based. Building 44 is not near Mission Control.
He declined to speculate on how a person would get a gun inside NASA security.
Doors to Mission Control were locked as is standard procedure.
NASA Director of External Relations Eileen Hawley said NASA would study the situation when it was defused to see if any policies needed to be changed. |
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