By Jeff Black and M. Alex Johnson, NBC News
WSFA.com
Multiple local and county officials were on the scene of the shootng Tuesday, Jan. 29, near Midland City, Ala.
Updated at 12:10 a.m. ET: A man boarded a school bus in southeastern Alabama on Tuesday afternoon, fatally shot the driver and then grabbed a 6-year-old before fleeing, authorities said, according to The Associated Press.?
Authorities said the man took the child to an underground bunker behind a nearby church, according to the AP. Police were negotiating with the suspect late Tuesday evening. WSFA 12 News reported that the child is still with the suspect and is "OK."?
The Dale County Sheriff told WBMA-TV that the man demanded a child be let off the bus with him. When the driver refused, police said, the man shot the driver. The driver died of gunshot wounds. ?
Michael Creel, a neighbor of the suspected shooter, told?The Dothan Eagle?newspaper that his sister heard gunshots so he went outside. He saw children running away from the bus.
A little girl reportedly told Creel that the suspected shooter had come on the bus and demanded that two children ages of 6 to 8 come with him. ?
Multiple agencies, including a bomb unit, were on the scene along a rural highway near Midland City, in the area of Dothan and Ozark, the Dale County Sheriff's Department said.?
School officials said all Dale County and Ozark city schools would be closed Wednesday.
Law enforcement officials closed roads in the area.
It wasn't clear how many children had been on the bus, but Lisa Harden of the Dale County School District told NBC News that it was carrying children of all ages.
The other children were taken to a high school so their parents could pick them up, Harden said. The Eagle reported that at least seven children were seen being taken to nearby vehicles.
NBC staff writer Isolde Raftery contributed reporting.
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