EIGHTY PEOPLE ARE GLAD TO BE ALIVE AFTER SUNDAY’S INCIDENT AT THE LIN’S CHINESE BUFFET. IT STARTED SHORTLY BEFORE 1PM WHEN APD GOT WORD OF A ARMED ROBBERY AT A BUSINESS ON SAN MATEO. THE SUSPECT RAN TO A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD AND BROKE INTO A HOME THERE. HE THEN FLED TO THE LIN’S RESTAURANT, TAKING THE 80 CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES INSIDE HOSTAGE.
IT WAS TOUCH-AND-GO FOR POLICE BUT THE SUSPECT DID ALLOW ONE WOMAN TO LEAVE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR. THE OTHERS WERE NOT HARMED BUT THE SUSPECT WAS EVENTUALLY SHOT BY POLICE WHEN THEY MOVED INSIDE THE RESTAURANT. HE’S NOW HOSPITALIZED BUT HIS NAME HASN’T BEEN RELEASED YET.
