Boy held in Alabama bunker is freed
A weeklong standoff between police and a gunman ended Monday when authorities freed a 5-year-old boy who had been held captive in an underground bunker in Midland City, Ala. The gunman was reported to be dead. The incident began when a man killed a school-bus driver and snatched the child from the vehicle.
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Jimmy Lee Dykes' property( FBI )
FBI agents and Dale County sheriff's deputies secure the residence in Midland City, Ala., where a 5-year-old child was rescued after being held hostage for almost a week by Jimmy Lee Dykes. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed Monday when federal agents raided the bunker.
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