Hostage Standoff Ends with Kidnapper Dead, 5-Year-Old Safe

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By Mike Fleeman





02/04/2013 at 05:45 PM EST







Police and emergency personnel at the property of Jimmy Lee Sydes on Feb. 4


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A 5-year-old boy held hostage for a week in an underground bunker is safe and his alleged kidnapper is dead as the standoff came to an end, according to reports.

Reporters on Monday heard an explosion that may have been a concussion grenade and then saw ambulances and fire trucks head to the scene, CBS News reports.

The ordeal in rural Alabama began Jan. 29 when a gunman identified as Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, a Navy veteran and retired truck driver, boarded a school bus and demanded that the youngsters be turned over to him.

Bus driver Charles Albert Poland died a hero after he refused and was fatally shot. All but one boy escaped.

That child wound up in the earthen bunker with Dykes on his property. During the standoff, authorities maintained contact with Dykes and got coloring books and medication to the boy through a pipe. The child reportedly has Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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