School Bus Driver Shot in Alabama, Shooter Hostaged Child (VIDEO)
A shooter killed a school bus driver in Midland City, Alabama, Tuesday afternoon. He then fled with a 6-year-old boy as a hostage. According to ABC News, the suspected gunman is Jimmy Lee Dykes, a 60-something military veteran. The hostage taking is still going on this Wednesday morning as Dykes and the child hide in an underground bunker behind Dykes’ home.
“Extremely sensitive situation. … Our agents are working very hard with the locals for the best possible outcome to this situation,” a federal law enforcement source told ABC News this morning.
The incident began a little after 3:30 p.m. local time Tuesday. An unidentified girl, who was on the bus, told ABC News Radio the bus driver had stopped to drop off some children. The alleged gunman boarded the bus and handed the driver a note, she said.
“And then I don’t know what happened after that but he started telling them he needed a kid because of the law coming after him,” she said.
Dykes got on the bus and originally demanded that he get two children as hostages. All the children on the bus managed to escape except the 6-year-old boy.
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