Vet Holding Office Worker Hostage An armed military veteran who says he has a bomb is holding one man hostage in a downtown Pittsburgh office building this morning. Police have not been able to verify why the man, 22-year-old Klein Michael Thaxton, is there or what kind of weapons he has with him. He has taken the president of a company, Charles Breitsman, of CW Breitsman Associates, hostage. The company handles pension and benefit plans for other companies. Police say that Thaxton did not work for Breitsman and they don't know why he targeted Charles Breitsman. Harper said that Thaxton is negotiating with police and being "cooperative," although he is actively updating his Facebook page during the negotiations. Harper said the Facebook messages from friends that Thaxton is receiving could be "distracting" and "beneficial," according to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. "It's beneficial because it shows people care, but it's a distraction to our negotiators," Harper said. We hope his friends will stop communicating with him. Thaxton appears to be writing messages on his Facebook wall during the negotiations. He wrote this morning, "i can't take it no more i'm done bro" and "how this ends is up to yall bro." Later, he said "this life im livn rite now i dnt want anymore ive lost everything and i aint gettin it back," and "i aint laughin rite now." Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper said that Thaxton is a military veteran with a criminal background. Thaxton's mother arrived at the scene this morning and was escorted inside by police, he said. They said she does not know why her son has taken Breitsman hostage. No shots have been fired, and the building was not evacuated this morning. Employees at CW Breitsman Associates, which handles pensions and benefit plans for workers, are allowed to leave voluntarily but not reenter the building. Thaxton is not an employee of the company, and police do not know why he took Breitsman hostage, Harper said.