By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-25 20:23:59 | Updated at 2024-09-30 23:42:27
5 days ago
Gunman hijacks L.A. Metro bus with hostages; wild chase ends with 1 killed
LA Times ^ | Sept. 25, 2024 Updated | By Joseph Serna, Richard Winton, Colleen Shalby, Rachel Uranga and Hannah Fry
Posted on 09/25/2024 12:23:16 PM PDT by xoxox
A gunman hijacked a Los Angeles Metro bus and led police on a wild chase that ended with one passenger dead and another injured in downtown L.A. early Wednesday, according to police.
For more than an hour, a cavalry of police vehicles followed the bus as it slowly made its way from Vermont Knolls in South Los Angeles north into downtown, where it ultimately stopped after police used spike strips to puncture the tires.
A SWAT team surrounded the vehicle shortly after 2 a.m. near Alameda and 6th streets. An officer yelled over a speaker: “Metro Bus 5858 this is LAPD. You’re surrounded. Come out with your hands up, one by one.” Video showed the driver sitting motionless with his hands raised.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; bus; california; crime; hijack; la
1 posted on 09/25/2024 12:23:16 PM PDT by xoxox
To: xoxox
An illegal, spreading diversity?
2 posted on 09/25/2024 12:24:44 PM PDT by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
To: xoxox
3 posted on 09/25/2024 12:26:25 PM PDT by butlerweave
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: VanShuyten
yes it does. doesn’t seem to any rhyme or reason to hijacking a bus with three people on it at 2 in the morning.
5 posted on 09/25/2024 12:35:06 PM PDT by xoxox
To: xoxox
Coming to a location near you?
To: butlerweave
I didn’t like that movie
I don't like Julia Roberts.
7 posted on 09/25/2024 1:01:09 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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