The media contingency near the scene of a shooting and hostage taking near Midland City, Alabama February 1, 2013. Residents in a rural Alabama town prayed on Friday and called for the release of a 5-year-old boy being held captive for a fourth day by a man accused of shooting a school bus driver and then taking the child hostage. REUTERS/Phil Sears (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)