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This is Fox News alert there is new information as a hostage standoff in Alabama comes to a dramatic and ever since the standoff started we have heard neighbors say Jimmie Lee dykes was mean and -- he hated the government but did -- ever criminal record.
Associate press correspondent camera -- is here in Midland.
This live in Midland city with more on this -- suspect tell me out he -- I didn't have saved for -- man I mean that he would threaten his neighbors take it up -- it killed a neighbor's dog and -- We're -- where there are no red -- his -- community about this man.
Lived here for a couple of years -- we had heard that maybe he had grown up here I was even born here -- The way I went to Vietnam and lived in Florida and then came back.
Not a lot of people knew him but the people that knew him said he was -- mean guy I think you set at all when the -- when when you said.
That he be a dog to death with a -- I'm just -- -- in the if that happened in any neighborhood that I know of is that people would mean that animal cruelty and it's safe and that the men kidnapping a child is -- is even worse -- -- -- -- here they had a situation where he killed a dog with a -- did nobody complained to authorities it is killing animals.
I think people did -- -- to authorities I think people were very concerned.
And in fact he was supposed to be in court over a dispute with a neighbor when this all unfolded last week.
What I was good -- -- the FBI.
-- -- -- I don't I don't that was something that.
Apparently they felt very concerned about.
How he was acting or what he was saying and they went in and so that there was just something -- they were concerned about that and that.
Disturb them.
But is extraordinary men and descent should be a good good news story minutes extra hard hat tip to tip my hat to the FBI and local law enforcement even law enforcement we know that they -- watching TV they were Smart about what that what they said.
So they they get they did an amazing job denying.
They did they -- and people in this community are really grateful for that I I've spoken to so many people who have just been praying all week about.
That is safe return of this little boy people were just weekdays and it basically outside of City Hall tonight.
And just praying and just hugging each other just because they were so happy about it.
And there's no script how to do this because just it was so once so once a lifetime I -- -- your community and suddenly got the most difficult situation so the fact that they reacted so lemonade that -- just a perfect job a -- doubly so it appears.
Camera thank you very much thank you for joining us.
Thank you for having.
