Police shoot dead US hostage taker

Updated January 15 2019 - 4:01pm, first published 3:57pm
The area around the UPS facility was in lockdown before New Jersey police shot the gunman.
The area around the UPS facility was in lockdown before New Jersey police shot the gunman.

An armed man who entered a UPS processing facility and held two women hostage for several hours has been shot and killed by police as he left the building with the women, authorities say.

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