Report: Bus driver shot; child abducted









By CNN Staff


updated 9:30 PM EST, Tue January 29, 2013







STORY HIGHLIGHTS


  • NEW: Man tells CNN affiliate WSFA that bus driver was shot four times

  • Sheriff says no one has been taken into custody

  • Incident happened near Midland City, Alabama




(CNN) -- One man was shot on a school bus in Alabama on Tuesday, the Dale County Sheriff's Office.


Sheriff Wally Olson said in a written statement the suspect had not been taken into custody.


Michael Senn, a pastor, told CNN affiliate WSFA that he spoke to several students who had been on the bus.


He said a girl described the shooter getting aboard.


"He told most of them to get off the bus," Senn related. "And then he grabbed a little boy and shot the bus driver four times."


CNN affiliate WTVY reported the child is being held by the shooter.


Olson said a command post had been established at Private Road 1539 and U.S. Highway 231 near Midland City, Alabama, in the southeastern corner of the state.


WTVY reported that authorities said a hostage situation was ongoing.









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