Gunman's surrender ends hostage crisis

ARCOLA – Gabe Gerhardt, 14, got up Thursday morning figuring on another boring summer weekday in Arcola.

"I actually thought, man, what am I gonna do today," he said, sitting next to the war memorial outside the senior center in the Douglas County community's downtown. "There's not anything gonna happen. It never does."

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