Hungry Howie’s Pizza hostage horror unfolds in Altamonte Springs, Florida where sobbing suspect barricades worker insid

POLICE officers and SWAT members are at the scene of a Florida pizza shop, where a hostage situation had unfolded.

Authorities were attempting to negotiate with a suspect at Hungry Howie’s Pizza restaurant in Altamonte Springs.

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According to the suspect’s wife, who was reached by police, the suspect had been making suicidal threats.

One employee is inside the restaurant and the suspect was believed to be carrying a gun.

The suspect released one employee, said spokesperson Michelle Montalvo.

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