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Cops: Suspect dead, boy safe after weeklong bunker standoff

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    Jonathan Serrie reports from Midland City, Alabama

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-- hospital first to Jonathan Serrie live where it all happened.

In Midland Alabama what's going on there tonight Jonathan.

We'll step out as we speak FBI.

It's a special agent bomb technicians are sweeping the area surrounding the bunker they're looking for.

Any improvised explosive devices that the suspect may have left there they want to make sure that the area is safe before they allow forensic teams to go -- once they do finish their work they'll allow state local and federal police to go win.

And continue the investigation piecing together exactly what happened throughout.

This tense hostage standoff shot.

Not a perfect ending job and a pretty close.

They have pretty darn close you know the community such bittersweet emotions immediately this afternoon everyone was overjoyed to hear.

That the five year old was safe but then people began to remember.

That that a bus driver Charles Poland.

Who lost his life witnesses say that he.

Stood up trying to prevent the gunman from.

Taking hostages -- the gunman was actually pointing to individual students say I want that student I want that student.

We spoke with one girl who was on the bus when all of this went down she explains her mixed emotions.

Patting.

They got a Zagat like Saturday that the dead and exchanges happy because of -- is live in and that he gets to live his live.

-- -- -- -- You don't get to -- -- he gets to live for another today.

And that little girl Tara singletary says that some students are nervous to get back on a school bus but she says.

They need to in order to get an education and shot she says that she's looking forward to returning to school and getting everyone's lives back to normal.

And I bet she is -- I know a negotiator maybe even a team of them has been speaking with this suspect her head for the better part of seven days.

And this afternoon it sounded like they were giving us a hint as to what he might be wanting out of this.

It sounded like they were giving a hand in particular.

-- -- fall Wally Olsen.

Said that the suspect had a story that was important to him.

He wouldn't elaborate about what that story is but neighbors tell us that the suspect -- held strong anti government views so.

That could lead one to speculate that perhaps he want to draw attention.

To those views but if that was the case he certainly went about it.

The wrong way and now that he's dead he will not be telling that story Jonathan -- on -- Jonathan thanks and.

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