A terrible little situation resolved down in Alabama:
Alabama Hostage Taker Jimmy Lee Dykes Exchanged Gunfire With Agents, Planted Homemade Bombs in Bunker, ABC News, Feb. 6, 2013.
SOFREP.com is reporting that FBI's Hostage Rescue Team conducted the operation.Jimmy Lee Dykes, the man who held a 5-year-old boy hostage for nearly a week in an underground bunker in Alabama, had two homemade explosive devices on his property and engaged in a firefight with SWAT agents before they stormed the bunker and killed him, according to the FBI.
One explosive device was found inside the bunker and another was located in the PVC pipe negotiators used to communicate with Dykes, the FBI said Tuesday night. Both devices were "disrupted," according to the FBI. The search for hazards is expected to continue through today.
Preliminary investigation reports indicate that Dykes engaged in a firefight with the SWAT agents who made entry, according to the FBI.
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