The body of Jimmy Lee Dykes, killed during the rescue of a young boy from an underground bunker, has been taken to Montgomery, Ala., for an autopsy, officials said Thursday.
The autopsy in a state facility is expected to take a couple of days, Trooper Kevin Cook, a spokesman for the Alabama Department of Public Safety, told the Los Angeles Times.
Dykes apparently died from multiple gunshot wounds during the rescue on Monday afternoon of a boy identified only as Ethan, who turned 6 years old on Wednesday.
Dykes attacked a school bus carrying more than 20 students on Jan. 29, shot the driver to death and grabbed Ethan, holding him hostage in an underground shelter for almost a week.
