Photo courtesy of WBMA-TVMIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) - Sheriff's officials in Dale County say a school bus driver who was shot aboard his bus in Midland City has died.
The Dale County Sheriff told WBMA-TV that an unidentified man boarded a school bus, shot a bus driver several times and left the bus with a 6-year-old passenger Tuesday afternoon.
Police say the incident unfolded after the bus driver refused the suspect's demand to let the child off the bus. Authorities say the man took the child to an area behind a nearby church, and police are negotiating with him.
Police in Midland City were not immediately available to comment, and a call to the Dale City Sheriff's office was not answered Tuesday evening.
The bus driver's identity has not been released.
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