Posted on 01/31/2013 6:48:02 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - A gunman suspected of fatally shooting an Alabama school bus driver before holing up in an underground bunker with a young child is a Vietnam veteran with anti-government views, authorities and an organization that tracks hate groups said on Wednesday. Law enforcement officials from multiple agencies were bivouacked near the bunker in Midland City but offered few details about a standoff with the shooter that stretched into its second day on Wednesday.Authorities said driver Charles Albert Poland Jr., 66, was killed after the gunman boarded a bus ferrying more than 20 children home from school on Tuesday.
The suspect demanded the driver let a student off the bus, Alabama media reported. When Poland refused, the man boarded the bus and shot the driver before taking a 6-year-old kindergarten student and fleeing the scene.
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http://preemptionbroadcast.podomatic.com/player/web/2013-01-19T13_47_07-08_00 Listen to this and consider this as a possibility. I know I do.
LOL, no problem; it happens. But unlike the MSM, here we find mistakes and make corrections.
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