Ala. Hostage Taker Engaged In Fire Fight With SWAT Agents

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Jimmy Lee Dykes, the Alabama man who held a young boy hostage for almost a week, was involved in a fire fight with SWAT agents who rushed into the underground bunker where the child was held, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Dykes was killed in the ensuing rescue. 

The FBI on Tuesday found explosive devices in the bunker. 

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