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Neighbors: Suspected Gunman in Standoff 'Paranoid'

Posted: Jan 30, 2013 11:25 AM by Associated Press
Updated: Jan 30, 2013 11:50 AM

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) - Neighbors of an Alabama man accused of killing a school bus driver and taking a child hostage in an ongoing standoff say he was paranoid and combative.

The standoff went through the night after the gunman boarded a stopped school bus in the small town of Midland City on Tuesday afternoon.

Neighbors say the suspect is Jimmy Lee Dykes. Mike Smith, who lives across the street, said Wednesday that Dykes once threatened to shoot his children when the family's dogs entered his property.

The Smiths said their daughter and son were on the bus and the gunman opened fire after the driver tried to stop him from walking into the aisle to grab two children. The gunman fled with one.

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