The Discovery Channel Hostage Taker's brother, Aaron Lee, said in an interview Thursday that he believes his brother, James Lee, had a death wish and wanted to die. "It was definitely out of character," Aaron Lee told ABC News. "I thought it was insanity. I was sad to know that he was shot and killed, but that's what he probably wanted."The gunman James Lee has a history of runs ins with the law, having been arrested in 2003 for trying to smuggle woman across the Mexican US border near Tijuana.Lee, armed with a gun and explosives, entered the building in Silver Spring early Wednesday afternoon and took three hostages. He was killed after a four-hour siege.Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said deadly force was used because the hostages, all Discovery Channel employees, appeared to be at risk. He said members of a SWAT team heard a popping sound that might have been Lee detonating a bomb or shooting."Any time that police officers use deadly force, it's to save a life. ... In this situation the hostages -- who were tremendously courageous throughout this incident -- were in grave danger," Manger said on "Good Morning America."Lee, who posted long environmental rants on the Internet, had an obsession with the Discovery Channel.Source: United Press International, Inc.
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