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Midland City residents await hostage update

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    Elizabeth Prann reports from Midland City, AL

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And they begin this hour with the very latest on a drama that continues to play out in Alabama.

The ongoing hostage situation involving that five year old little boy who needs medical attention.

And -- crying for his parents police say was taken off a school bus on Tuesday.

We are awaiting a live news conference from police in Midland city I would go -- and -- who's standing by right now it at -- Elizabeth try to standing by with the very latest on the situation was best.

In the week.

As comments every hope to learn new.

Of the confirmed the identity of the suspected murder and the man who has kidnapped this little boy.

Jimmie Lee -- is and then at the center of this whole situation.

We're right out right just a few blocks away from baton -- this is property it's right over my left hand shoulder.

And I'm here with Ricky stokes he had that web -- Ricky stokes news.com.

And Ricky was on the scene even before some of the authorities got there.

And -- we have some photographs continued do you describe.

For me this scene you -- children riding down the street and right over your shoulder can you tell me about it.

Yes -- front of the -- -- lot of the children running in the bus drove up bad drive drove to pick up the TS which was replacement bus.

So the one that you see a lot in front of the church was not aware -- -- -- -- A lot of parents was coming up ready up and reading to children and then going back to the vehicle the children.

Naturally upset and crying as well as the parents that is a lot of us.

Count chaos but it is also orderly chaos because they had.

Get a lot of the children of the front of the church building as first.

Adults were arriving here.

Especially personal personal -- let's hear your whole life you know a lot of these folks.

Tell me what it was like to be on scene and sort of the reaction of of the area that people here.

You know everybody natural reserve said -- sudden you see it happens other places but not here in our home city and everybody was just upset and law enforcement was racing at the scene swat teams were racing at the same saying.

-- try to get a handle on the situation that about it was just skier.

So many folks are saying you know this is the fourth morning that little boy has woken up in the bunker.

What are authorities doing you know a lot of these men and women in uniform and you know how hard they're working can you explain to me what they're doing it and how they're negotiating -- and I know you know the sheriff personally as well.

You know there's a lot of things going only to -- describe this happening and a sheriff Olsen came up -- insane hours here just moments -- he was -- video footage of him arriving.

-- folks is never left the scene since he got here if you will not lead to that child is site he's been getting a few hours sleep and travel trailer.

But he's been remaining on the same this year folks who will be here in the evening here at things humanly possible to get to that child.

Obviously the town is awesome morning one of your own Charles Poland was a victim of the shooting.

A lot of people are grieving today anything that you can say about six -- in -- -- handling this.

-- you know everybody he's a hero pizzas he took bullets to save children's lives in the stalling he did help save the children's lives of these.

Sorry I have to interrupt you -- already go over that presser is beginning right now like I said right across in the crime scene and here is that --

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