Man kills Alabama bus driver, holds child hostage underground

CNN ^ | 01/30/2013 | Lateef Mungin, CNN

[Responsibility2nd]

(CNN) -- A gunman boarded a school bus in Alabama, took a 6-year-old boy hostage and killed the driver who tried to save him, police said Wednesday.

The incident occurred Tuesday and continued into Wednesday morning, with authorities still desperately trying to free the young child, who was being held by the gunman in an underground bunker.

"We will continue to work diligently through the night in an effort to bring closure to this incident as quickly as possible," the Dale County Sheriff's Department said late Tuesday.

Authorities identified the slain bus driver as 66-year-old Charles Albert Poland Jr.

Late in the evening Tuesday, the shooter had the child in some sort of underground bunker or storm shelter, and authorities were communicating with him through a PVC pipe, CNN affiliate WSFA reported.

[MomwithHope]

Just saw my first tv news story about this. They highlighted that the perp was a survivalist. Get the message folks, guns are bad, survivalists (preppers) are bad. You can bet when this is over and they raid and inventory his bunker they will find plenty of weapons and ammo.

[Raebie]

“Fox news ( Shep Smith) just reported that snipers were seen going towards the back of the bunker and there’s been a lot of movement recently. I hope the boy is safe.”

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Those media idiots DO know he has a TV down there, right??

[the OlLine Rebel]

All this talk of a pipe -how about a gas bomb rolled down the pipe to knock them out? Then go in and get the jerk through the door.