we will hear from the sheriff i image wally olsen and any one else you can confirm? >> wally olsen the sheriff has been handling all of the press conferences to this point. we assume we will hear from him and maybe also hear from fbi because they have a significant presence out here. adds for the family i would guess it is probably too early to hear from them. i am sure the top priority right now is just reunifying them with their son and probably giving them some space to get back together to comfort the child and it would be wonderful if in the up coming days there would be some opportunity. we would certainly -- haeshg has been prayi-- america has been pg for the safety of this little boy. it would be great for us to get to meet him and it would be wonderful to hear from his family. >> did you ever get a chance to see the bunker? they never let you get close enough to see it? you said it's behind you. is it so far away that -- >> it is so far away you can't see it from where i am. it is over the hill behind me. so even if we were to zoom in with our cameras which

dale county sheriff wally olsen expresses how he feels.ter they safely rescued the five- year old boy- ethan. >> you know, i am a father and a lot of these men and women that have been sacrificing tireless hours are also parents. you know, it is a relief for us to be able to reunite a mother with her child. >> pam: authorities say, ethan is doing well. he was taken to a local hospital to be checked-- since he suffers from asperger's syndrome and attention deficit disorder. there is no word on exactly how the 65 year-old gunman died. >> a former navy seal sniper was one of two men killed at a shooting in a remote gun range in texas on saturday. chris kyle --known for his record number of kills as a sniper was shot and killed at a gun range in texas. veteran chad littlefield was also shot and killed. police say. eddie ray routh. admitted to shooting both men. after a short chase. police arrested routh. routh spent four years in the marines and was unemployed at the time of the shooting. investigators are still trying to figure out a motive.

in particular, sheriff wally olsen said the suspect had a story that was important neighbors tell us that the suspect held strong antigovernment views. so, that could lead one to speculate that perhaps he wanted to draw attention to those views but if that was the case, he certainly went about it the wrong way and now that he is dead, he will not be telling that story. jonathan on scene. a lot of questions to be answered here. hope to be hearing from police this hour. news crews spotted this ambulance leaving the scene just after the ambulance freed the boy. were wheeled him into the hospital on a stretcher. elizabeth prann at that hospital tonight doe than, alabama less than 10 miles from the scene, elizabeth? >> yeah, shep, witnesses tell us the little boy was brought here flowers hospital in alabama, in fact, one witness snapped a photograph where you can see the little boy sitting up in a stretcher. he tells us the ride to the hospital was anything but frantic. >> very calm. they were not in a hurry. ethan appeared to be at an angle on the stretcher as far as with the stretcher u

dale county sheriff wally olsen says ultimately the decision to go was his. >> i'll be real honest withit's one of the hardest decisions i've ever made in my life. >> reporter: after the raid authorities discovered two explosive devices, including one in the bunker and another in a pvc pipe. cnn's learned explosives weren't the only unstable variable law enforcement had to deal with. there was dykes' state of mind. neighbors describe the 65-year-old as a paranoid anti-government loner, fixated on a conspiracy involving horse racing. >> he used to keep notebooks of horse races. he always said that the mafia run the horse races. >> reporter: sources close to the case say while talking to police from the bunker a contentious dykes would ramble on about his theory and wanted to get his message out. >> mr. dykes, he feels like he has a story that's important to him, although it's very complex. >> reporter: in the early hours of the standoff local authorities even contemplated sending in a local reporter to talk to dykes. >> i knew the school bus driver had been shot. >> reporter: local blogg