TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Employees inside a credit union near the University of Alabama campus were taken hostage by a gunman Tuesday morning.

The FBI is assisting local law enforcement during the situation at Alabama Credit Union which was still ongoing just before noon Eastern Time.

AL.com reported SWAT had guns drawn as law enforcement surrounded the building and a helicopter hovered above.

BY: Scripps National Desk
Posted: 9:49 AM, Jan 10, 2017
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