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Standoff: Ala. gunman kills bus driver, seizes boy

By Phillip Rawls
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Standoff: Ala. gunman kills bus driver, seizes boy

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — A gunman holed up in a bunker with a 6-year-old hostage kept law officers at bay Wednesday in an all-night, all-day standoff that began when he killed a school bus driver and dragged the boy away, authorities said.

SWAT teams took up positions around the gunman’s rural property and police negotiators tried to win the kindergartener’s safe release.

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