A week-long Alabama standoff in which a retired trucker held a
5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker has ended on Feb. 4, according to
law enforcement sources. The gunman is dead and the child is safe in custody.
Alabama hostage standoff
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Dale County Sheriff Wally Olsen, right, briefs the media at the Dale County hostage scene in Midland City, Ala. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. 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. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh)