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<p>An investigator arrives at a damaged home in Suwanee, Ga. on Thursday, after Wednesday's hostage standoff. A man held four Gwinnett County firefighters hostage for hours before they where freed when police officers stormed the house Wednesday.</p>

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Police: Hostage-taker gave no signs of compromise
April 13, 2013 9 p.m.

Police: Hostage-taker gave no signs of compromise

By KATE BRUMBACK and RAY HENRY/Associated Press

SUWANEE, Ga. - As a gunman held four firefighters hostage in his Georgia home, police tried to buy time and create a rapport by meeting his initial demands. But when his requests became unreasonable and negotiations seemed to go nowhere, police said, officers stormed the house and killed him after he fired on them.