Authorities have been conferring in a nearby church and communicating with Dykes through a ventilation pipe to the underground bunker.

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Late in the evening, the man had the child in some sort of underground bunker or storm shelter, and SWAT team members were communicating with him through a PVC pipe, CNN affiliate WSFA reported.

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