Ethan is out!!! Dykes is dead!!! Praise God!!!!

A school bus driver was shot inside a bus near Midland City on Tuesday afternoon.

The man who is believed to be holed up in the Midland City hostage situation following a shooting on a school bus is Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, who was scheduled to be in court Wednesday for a bench trial on a menacing charge.

James Edward Davis, Jr., who lives near Dykes on Private Road 1539, told the Dothan Eagle that Dykes pulled a gun on him and his daughter on Dec. 10 after Dykes believed Davis had driven in Dykes' yard. Davis said he reported Dykes to the Dale County Sheriff's Department. Dykes was arrested Dec. 22 and charged with menacing.

Davis said Dykes has lived at a residence on Private Road 1539 for about a year. He said Dykes constructed a "bunker" behind the residence with a PVC pipe leading to the back end of the residence.

"It's the craziest thing. He will be outside in his yard digging dirt at 2:30 in the morning," Davis, Jr. told the Eagle.

Davis, Jr., said police were evacuating houses near Dykes' residence Tuesday evening.

The suspect, who has not been identified by law enforcement, is reported to be inside an underground bunker by his home, located near Destiny Church off U.S. 231. It is not clear whether the 6-year-old child taken from the
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The FBI has been called in to assist with the case.

The incident began a little before 4 p.m. on Tuesday when the gunman got onto a school bus near Destiny Church.

Michael Creel, a neighbor of the suspected shooter, told the Eagle he went outside after his sister heard gunshots. He saw children running away from the bus and they pointed in the direction the shooter ran.

Creel said a little girl told him the shooter came onto the bus, demanded two children between the ages of 6 and 8 come with him. The bus driver refused and he shot the driver, the little girl told Creel. The shooter then took off with one of the kids.

Carol Shepard, whose daughter was on the bus at the time, said her daughter told her that a male neighbor who lives by them on Private Road 1539 got onto the school bus, shot the bus driver, and then left with a 6-year-old child.

U.S. 231, from just north of the Midland City bridge, is closed in both directions, as of 4:30 p.m., as a result of the shooting.

Numerous sheriff's deputies and police officers are on the scene.

All Dale County and Ozark City Schools will be closed Wednesday.

I am from Dothan. Why are you saying two children? It's only one from everything I am reading and hearing from friends.

Hours ago, someone said it was two children. Now they are saying it's one boy named Ethan.

Our church congregation used to meet in that building, which is now Destiny Church. My husband and I were worship leaders. I can't believe this.

OK. I changed the subject to just say "shooting" instead of school shooting, even though it occured on the school bus. Hope the subject patrol's happy.

Poor little boy. 6 yrs. old, seeing someone shot, taken off the bus by a crazy man, and now it's dark. Even if he had a chance to escape he probably wouldn't want to run in the dark. Prayers for his safe release. Just horrible.

He said Dykes constructed a "bunker" behind the residence with a PVC pipe leading to the back end of the residence...

More prepper demonization.

Prepper = maniac.

I'm trying to understand the diameter of the pvc pipe. It must only be for oxygen or for venting.. I have never seen a pvc pipe that you can walk or crawl in.

He said Dykes constructed a "bunker" behind the residence with a PVC pipe leading to the back end of the residence...

More prepper demonization.

Prepper = maniac.

Some tornado shelters are made of PVC, but not PVC pipe. [link to DON'T_USE_THIS.com]

Mandy

You need to change your SUBJECT LINE.
It was not a school shooting.

I do hope the 6 year old is or was ok.

Okay, that was strange. It was a link to a PVC tornado shelter. Apparently I broke the internet.

LOL... Now you really pissed off the Gubberment....

CRAZY preppers and their guns, eh, kidnapping little kids and shooting people and all. Damn those preppers are crazy, digging around in the dirt all night and brandishing their weapons. Smells like psyop.