Stissing Mountain High School, A gunman who allegedly had a high school principal in Stissing hostages middle mountain and high school in upstate New York is said to have been taken into custody.

Reports from local news sources indicate that students are being released after the school was put into lock for the situation. By about 9:30, about 100 students from the Pine Plains school had been evacuated. The situation in the office of director of middle school is said to be stable and the gunman reportedly the father of a middle school student.

Parents are asked to convene in the House Stissing mountain restaurant at the corner of Route 82 and Route 199, near the school.