Wytheville Post Office

An armed man in a wheelchair took five hostages Wednesday at a post office in western Virginia, forcing officials to cordon off three blocks of a downtown filled with holiday shoppers. Local media reports say grenades have been found in the man’s vehicle parked outside the post office in Wytheville. Five people have been taken hostage in a post office in the US by a man in a wheelchair claiming to be carrying explosives, say reports.

The town mayor of Wytheville, Trent Crewe, told the Associated Press news agency the man had fired shots from the building but no injuries were reported.

Shots have been fired from the post office, according to people in the area. Police are at the scene and asking for people in a four block radius to evacuate the area. Police have cordoned off the scene and advised people to evacuate homes and businesses in the immediate area.

Sad news about Brittany Murphy’s passing at age 32. But let’s not get carried away with her acting career as the media over-hype the abilities of this promising young actress. I dare say she was good in Clueless and outstanding in Girl, Interrupted. Other than that, the few films she appeared in were less than mediocre, but she was much better than the lame scripts given to her.

Speculation about Brittany Murphy’s Death Causes

Large amounts of prescription drugs were found in Brittany Murphy’s bedroom when paramedics were called to her Los Angeles home on Sunday, a law enforcement source close to the investigation into the 32-year-old actress’ sudden death confirmed to Fox411.com Tuesday.