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Joseph C. Joe Palczynski (November 11 1968 – March 21 2000) was a spree killer in the suburbs of Baltimore who in March 2000 terrorized residents in the region by killing four people and taking a family of three as hostages in one of the longest one-man standoffs ever known. The saga ended with two of the hostages escaping and a third being rescued Palczynski being shot to death by Baltimore County Police and a woman being sentenced to prison for purchasing the weapons for him.