Standoff Continues in Alabama

Alabama authorities release a photo of the man suspected of shooting a school bus driver and taking a five-year-old boy hostage.

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4 months ago

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The standoff continues in Alabama as a five-year-old boy is held hostage. On Friday, police released a photo Jimmy Lee Dykes, the 65-year old man suspected of holding the boy captive. Authorities say he grabbed the kindergartner from the bus after killing 66-year-old driver Charles Albert Poland. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WALLY OLSON, DALE COUNTY SHERIFF, SAYING: "I want to thank you all for your continued prayers and support. The hostage-taking comes amid a raging national debate over gun violence, after a gunman killed 20 students at a Connecticut elementary school in December.