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Standoff continues in Alabama

2013-02-02 17 Dailymotion

The standoff continues in Alabama as a five-year-old boy is held hostage.

On Friday, police released a photo Jimmy Lee Dykes, the 65-year old man suspected of holding the boy captive.

Authorities say he grabbed the kindergartner from the bus after killing 66-year-old driver Charles Albert Poland.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) WALLY OLSON, DALE COUNTY SHERIFF, SAYING:

"I want to thank you all for your continued prayers and support.

The hostage-taking comes amid a raging national debate over gun violence, after a gunman killed 20 students at a Connecticut elementary school in December.