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Breaking news in alabama where a 5yearold has been held hostage in a under ground bunker for five days. Police are ready to make an announcement in the case. Jonathan is live. Significant developments. We expect to hear confirmation from authorities in 5 to 10 minutes. We are hearing from a Law Enforcement official telling fox that the boy, the 5yearold boy who has been held in the under ground bunker in the area you see behind me coming up on 7 days, that he has been released and that he is, quote, okay. The same Law Enforcement official also saying that the suspect, 65yearold jimmy lee dykes who had been allegedly holding this boy in his backyard bunker all this time, that the suspect in the case is dead. Kimberly, all of this began last tuesday afternoon. The boy was riding home on a school bus in this neighborhood, in this area where i am when a gunman boarded the bus, ....
Here. you have the sheriff s office over the jurisdiction. you have neighboring municipalities providing police to the area, then you have alabama state law enforcement officials and then you have the fbi. so you had state, local and federal authorities out here on the scene in what appeared to be a well coordinated effort to bring this resolution, dana. can you tell us about what you know about the boy and do you have any indication of what his condition is or where he is right now? we don t know where he is right now. but law enforcement source saying that he is quote, okay. in general we were told he was a special needs student, that perhaps he suffered from some form of asperger s syndrome. anecdotally, folks who knew the bus driver saying charlie pullman jr. would keep the special needs children at the ....
suspect, 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes who had been allegedly holding this boy in his backyard bunker all this time, that the suspect in the case is dead. kimberly, all of this began last tuesday afternoon. the boy was riding home on a school bus in this neighborhood, in this area where i am when a gunman boarded the bus, the bus driver positioned himself between the gunman and the children. the gunman opened fire fatally wounding mr. poland and one of the children was taken hostage. that child being that 5-year-old brought to a backyard bunker in the backyard of this suspect jimmy lee dykes, a 65-year-old who neighbors describe as very territorial someone who would become violent if neighbors or even a dog would venture anywhere close to his property. neighbors saying he harbored very strong anti government views. through out the standoff that ensued authorities kept a long line of communication with the suspect 24-hours a day through a pvc pipe that was providing vent ....