1 dead, suspected gunman arrested in hijacking of Atlanta bus
One person is dead and a suspect has been arrested after allegedly hijacking an Atlanta bus and leading police on a chase Tuesday, officials said.
One person was killed and a suspect was arrested after a gunman hijacked a suburban bus in Atlanta and led police on a chase Tuesday, in the second of two major crimes that rocked the city one after the other, officials said.
Police were just wrapping up a briefing after three people and a gunman were shot at a downtown mall food court when a 911 call of an emergency on a bus came in around 4:30 p.m., Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said.
A responding officer confronted the gunman, who "forced the bus driver to drive off," Schierbaum said.
Seventeen people were on the Gwinnett County Transit bus, including the driver, as police chased it through three jurisdictions in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties before a large BearCat police vehicle disabled and trapped it, officials said. The passengers then got off.
The first call about gunfire and hostages on the bus was near 45 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. in Atlanta, and the bus came to a final stop near 5107 Hugh Howell Road in Stone Mountain in DeKalb County, police said — a distance of around 20 miles.
Rating: 5