I am located VERY close to the situation, and I can tell you it's real. It is not a hoax. SWAT teams, FBI agents, and helicopters are everywhere. However, that doesn't mean it's not a setup.

It looks like someone wants Alabamians to embrace gun control.

Ironically, gun control would keep people like us from having guns. What if that bus driver had possessed a gun? He would not be dead, and Ethan would be home in his bed right now.