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Man kills Alabama bus driver, holds child hostage underground
CNN ^ | 01/30/2013 | Lateef Mungin, CNN

Posted on 01/30/2013 9:29:49 AM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; hostage; jimmyleedykes; splc; vietnamvets
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To: dragnet2

I wonder what the article means by “...the antigovernment movement....”. Could that be, like, FReepers?


41 posted on 01/30/2013 10:34:49 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Responsibility2nd

If the bus driver had a gun....He’d be alive...


42 posted on 01/30/2013 10:35:49 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (More Republicans stayed home then the margin of victory of O's Win...)
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To: dragnet2

They’ve already labled this nut-job a ‘survivorist’. It’s just a matter of time before they release info that he’s a right wing prepper. That’s he’s a gun nut republican who listens to Rush, Beck and watches Fox News.

Gee, I wonder what his FReep name is?

/s


43 posted on 01/30/2013 10:36:30 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: NEMDF
I wonder what the article means by “...the antigovernment movement....”. Could that be, like, FReepers?

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44 posted on 01/30/2013 10:40:15 AM PST by ZX12R
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To: NEMDF

You seem paranoid...

BTW, I just can’t imagine why half the country has got an absolute belly full of controlling punitive government...The other half would feel the same way, but they consist of millions on the fat tax paid government payroll and those with their hands out.


45 posted on 01/30/2013 10:42:37 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: NEMDF

In the view of the SPLC, that/ this is exactly what they mean.


46 posted on 01/30/2013 10:46:05 AM PST by sport
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To: Responsibility2nd
I still don't understand why they've haven't flown in 3 or 4 SEAL teams, a full Brigade Team of the 82nd Airborne, and elements of the 10th Mountain Division.

And don't forget a dozen or so tanks from the 1st Armored Division...

47 posted on 01/30/2013 10:53:36 AM PST by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: 9422WMR
“Dykes and the child are in an underground bunker behind his home.” Could that possibly be a CELLAR, or maybe a STORM SHELTER? What makes it a bunker?

It's CNN.

The Drama Queens.

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48 posted on 01/30/2013 10:54:40 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: 9422WMR

It’s probably a storm cellar. Handy if you live in tornado country and you don’t have a basement. I don’t believe anything SPLC says about anybody.


49 posted on 01/30/2013 11:14:41 AM PST by virgil
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To: Responsibility2nd

I just saw a report on the Dothan TV station.

The District Attorney asked the media and anyone else to leave and sure enough you could see them leaving until only the TV reporter was still there. I assume she will leave too.


50 posted on 01/30/2013 11:43:02 AM PST by yarddog (One shot one miss.)
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To: yarddog

I hope this ends well.

Best case scenario... The fool sends the child out unharmed; then takes his own life.


51 posted on 01/30/2013 12:05:47 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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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.

BTW, its a bunker, not a storm shelter. Plenty of his neighbors confirming this.


52 posted on 01/30/2013 12:18:15 PM PST by jodster36
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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.

BTW, its a bunker, not a storm shelter. Plenty of his neighbors confirming this.


53 posted on 01/30/2013 12:18:31 PM PST by jodster36
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A little good news....

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Lawmaker: Alabama child held hostage got medicine

~snip~

State Rep. Steve Clouse said Wednesday he met with authorities and visited the family of the boy.

~snip~

Clouse described the standoff as a “static situation” and “a waiting game.”

Authorities told him that the bunker on the suspect’s property has electricity, food and a TV.

more...

http://www2.wsav.com/news/2013/jan/30/lawmaker-alabama-child-held-hostage-got-medicine-ar-5482533/


54 posted on 01/30/2013 1:35:33 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

kinda interesting how this story fell off the radar. wonder why?


55 posted on 01/30/2013 3:48:27 PM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: camle

I suppose when the standoff ends, there will be more to report.


56 posted on 01/30/2013 4:10:52 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: camle

I just noticed on the local news which is near Midland City, that a helicopter just landed and two men dressed in full battle gear got off.

They interviewed a student who rides that bus daily but happened to not be on it today said the driver was a really sweet man. She said he was about as nice a person as you will ever see.


57 posted on 01/30/2013 4:14:47 PM PST by yarddog (One shot one miss.)
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To: jodster36

Is Shep doing target spotting for the perp? ‘OK, crazy man, now they are sneaking some shooters into your bunker”


58 posted on 01/30/2013 6:50:24 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: camle

First, the guy has access to TV, and is watching the reporting hour-by-hour (my humble guess).

Second, all the guns he acquired? Probably did a universal background check for each one. This court appearance that he was supposed to show up for? If he was declared guilty....it’d reflect in the next background check and he might not be able to buy weapons anymore (probably unhinging him greatly).

Third, this whole event proves the point that crazy folks need to be put into mental facilities....which the media really doesn’t want to be the chief topic with gun control.

My own personal view...being from Bama...there are 10k characters in the state like this guy...who could go unhinged at any moment, and this was simply something that we were all waiting on to happen.


59 posted on 01/31/2013 4:28:00 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

i just find it rather odd that the place isn’t swarming with reporters. i bet he demanded that they leave or else...

question: can someone tunnel into the rear of the bunker without being detected?


60 posted on 01/31/2013 6:03:41 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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