Alabama hostage situation enters 3rd day

[Happy Panther]

The hostage situation in Midland City, Ala., is approaching its third day with no new developments.

“We really don’t have a whole lot to add. I hate to tell you that, but that’s the way it is,” said Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson at a morning news conference in which he refused to answer questions about the 5-year-old kidnapped from a school bus Tuesday afternoon or the 65-year-old man holding him.

That man, Jimmy Lee Dykes, reportedlystopped a school bus on a dirt road about 3:35 p.m., shooting the driver four times with a pistol before seizing a random kindergartner and returning to an underground bunker on his property.

I hope the kid gets out OK and then they torture this crazy old fug for a few days. If you flip out don't take children with you.

I read elsewhere that the poor kid fainted and that is why the man took him. What a nightmare for both the kids and parents.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alabama-hostage-crisis-enters-44th-hour-5-year-old-victim-still-locked-in-bunker/2013/01/31/3e001bcc-6bc6-11e2-8740-9b58f43c191a_story.html

[Happy Panther]

Day 4!

I'm surprised this isn't getting much press

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/01/16794411-alabama-child-hostage-given-meds-crayons-as-standoff-stretches-into-4th-day?lite

[Guest]

This is crazy.

[SCP]

Bury this old guy alive. It's funny how crazy fuggers always have a name like "Jimmy Lee"

[Doyle]

Any updates?

[Happy Panther]

Day 5. No updates.

This will not end well in some way.

[panther4life]

Just finally heard about this on Yahoo. That school bus driver died a hero.

[Zod]

Nah, 'Merica doesn't have a problem with gun violence.

[Doyle]

Oh I see what you did there.

[Hotsauce]

Nah, 'Merica doesn't have a problem with mental health

FIFY

[Davidson Deac II]

I do wonder if perhaps they could put some kind of knockout gas into the bunder thru the air pipe, maybe while the guy is asleep.

[Happy Panther]

A gunman holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in rural Alabama was killed on Monday and the child was plucked to safety without injury, a local law enforcement official said.

yay

[Hotsauce]

Hopefully the 5 year old took him out! Glad it's over!

[Doyle]

Good riddance.