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Gunman holds 5-year-old hostage in underground bunker

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    Negotiations continue between police, suspect in Alabama

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We've got a third Fox News alert for this half.

It's negotiations underway right now in Alabama between police and a gunman holding a five year old boy hostage.

He and the boy are hiding out in an underground bunker.

In -- going on right now is.

As possible -- Basra is watching the developments live for us in Midland city Alabama what can tell us with the latest.

And good morning -- those talks ongoing there's very little evidence from our vantage point of a lot of activity this is all going on.

Behind the about a half mile river this time yesterday there was a lot of activity there were helicopters coming and going but this is taking place this negotiation just beyond that structure.

In front of that line of trees where the -- suspect here mr.

Jimmy Lee dykes has.

Built this underground bunker where he has taken this child actor allegedly shooting this bus driver member of the started Tuesday we have an animation that shows what this bunker looks like the police say that -- -- dikes built by himself about eight feet by six feet it is covered over by.

Four feet of dirt so there it.

Basically talking through this gentleman and listening to this little boy -- PVC -- People in this town are trying to hold on to their focus and try do not get frustrated with the lack of information.

But they're holding on to hope that this memo released this five year old boy.

It doesn't know what's going well and they did it we know old ladies frat boy's mother and his grandparents.

And find this shooter does not release this young boy to his family it is hard to make them understand.

And we're told he does have electricity get the television.

We're just hoping that he does have some heat in this bunker that's underneath the ground because it does get very cold here at night and in the morning guys thank you Craig Boswell thanks so much for that update such heartbreaking story -- -- for resolution.

Today thanks much.

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