Ok, not really typical. This is what happened:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Police%20Shooting

Anyway, I work in the building directly across the street from the house where this event took place. (Some of the details of that news report are inaccurate, btw.)

Basically at about 7:00 am ish... we hear gunshots. Our bosses come running into the room. "Everyone stay away from the windows, and stay seated!" We sit. Meanwhile our building is locked down. No one can come in or go out. We were not evacuated as the report suggests, but isntead we're locked in. Time passes. I'm starting to think it'd be worth the risk of being shot if I could get out of the building and get a whopper.

Anyway, between occaisional gunshots I'm selling home refinances over the phone (I love my job) but I'm getting hungry, and I can't leave the building.

Anyway, they ended up sneaking us in some pizza. The pizza was delivered to a location like two blocks away and then our security team went out the back door and walked over and brought back the pizza.

And that was basically it... They were originally expecting to keep us locked in for quite some time (like all day, into the evening) but the guy apparently killed himself, and then it was all resolved.

sounds like you had fun. my life seems boring by comparison.

So, I take it you had a good day, then.

Did this in any way impede traffic?

uhh... yes. When I finally left, I had to follow a specific route. Lots of roads were closed off, and there were police cars with flashing lights all over the place.

Real-life cs_office would've been cool.

Except for the whole dying part.

So savage! Sounds interesting!

At least no one else was hurt.

Is it completelly school-shooting of me to think the exact same thing every time I step into an office? Oh no, videogames are making me violent :-( Dammit mothers against video games, you win!

*cocks shotgun*

But you won't win without a fight.

They sent a robot in for pics..that's kinda cool.

I think it was a cover up. They sent the robot in to eliminate him, but since it's only expermental, they had to say "oh it was only a picture robot, not a deadly assassin droid."

TERRORISTS WIN.

Someone set us up the bomb

This is a hostie map, newb!

Wow, that is one interesting day!

At least the guy killed himself. Otherwise, it would have been painful for a lot of people to deal with him after this crazy incident.