An active hostage situation ended peacefully at Alabama Credit Union in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Tuesday. The credit union's CEO, Steve Swofford spoke with CU Times following the incident saying, "We train our employees pretty well for these kinds of situations and they handled the situation great."
According to the Tuscaloosa Police Department, around 8:30 a.m. CDT an armed male suspect entered the main office branch, located at 220 Paul Bryant Dr. on the southeastern edge of the University of Alabama campus and took eight hostages captive, all of which were employees of the credit union.
While waiting outside with police, Swofford said there were a lot of things going through his mind – first and foremost, the safety of the employees. "You fear the worst in a situation like that. You just hope that nobody gets hurt."
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