UPDATE— Hostage Standoff Ends With Kidnapper Dead, Child Safe
Midland City, Alabama (CNN) — A six-day hostage standoff came to an end Monday when a man holed up a bunker was found dead and police recovered the 5-year-old he abducted, according to a law enforcement official.
The child appeared to be OK emerging from the ordeal, the official said.
Two ambulances left the scene shortly before 4 p.m. (5 p.m. ET).
Last Tuesday, police say, Jimmy Lee Dykes boarded a Dale County school bus and demanded the driver hand over two children.
More: Official: Hostage Standoff Ends With Kidnapper Dead, Child Safe
Update 05:30pm
FBI Special Agent in Charge Steve Richardson at the scene said negotiations had broken down with the child’s abductor and the kidnapper was “observed holding a gun.”
Believing the child to be in imminent danger, an FBI team entered the bunker at 3:12 p.m. CT (4:12 p.m. ET) and rescued the boy, Richardson said, adding that the hostage-taker is dead.
Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/national/jimmy-lee-dykes-midland-city-alabama-hostage-standoff-over-nbc-says-according-to-a-source#ixzz2Jz4D9kfw