2:32 am - Sunday May 20, 2012

Discovery Building Suspect Killed By Police

A man with San Diego ties who entered the Discovery Communications building in Silver Springs, Md., with explosives strapped to himself Wednesday afternoon, then took three hostages, was killed by police later in the day, officials said.

Throughout the afternoon, law enforcement authorities talked to the man, whom they identified as James Jay Lee. The suspect was in his early 40s and was a longtime protester at the building who was sentenced to six months of supervised probation for disorderly conduct in 2008.

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