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AP - SILVER SPRING, Md. - A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet.
In this image released by the Montgomery County Police, James J. Lee is seen is a booking mugshot from 2008 on disorderly conduct. Lee, 43, a gunman with what police described as "concerns" with the Discovery Channel networks took at least one person hostage in the company's Silver Spring, Md., headquarters Wednesday, Spet. 1, 2010. A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing said authorities have identified Lee as the likely suspect. (AP Photo/Montgomery County (Md.) Police)
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Maryland State Police troopers, walk near the Discovery Channel network building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesdy, Sep. 1, 2010. Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Maryland State Police troopers, walk near the Discovery Channel network building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Paramedics move a stretcher near Discovery Channel network building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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An armed police officer walks across the street from Discovery Channel network building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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An explosives robot is prepared and sent into the Discovery Channel networks building where police shot and killed a gunman who took hostages in Silver Spring, Md., on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Authorities look at a screen that shows a live feed from a robot of James J. Lee, face up on the floor, inside the Discovery Channel network building where police shot and killed the gunman in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Police shot and killed Lee, 43, who was upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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An armored vehicle drives near the Discovery Channel network's building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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