“We’re thankful that the bus driver acted quickly and was able to get the bus pulled over in Stockton and get the situation neutralized without further incident. “I’ve been on 25 years and I’ve never seen this happen,” he said. The sergeant said that such shootings were extremely rare, in his experience. “He handled the situation appropriately to try to minimize any more possible victims.” “The driver handled the situation very professionally,” Sergeant Pennings said.

He identified the person who died as a 51-year-old woman from Colombia. “At this time I do not have a motive for you,” the sergeant said, saying that the police were interviewing witnesses. The suspect, identified only as a man, was awaiting questioning, he said, adding that it was not yet clear whether the suspect had fired indiscriminately. Greyhound operates less than a third of the fleet it. Simultaneously, Sergeant Pennings said, the police reached the stretch of road where the bus driver had earlier pulled over, and officers took the suspect into custody “without incident” at about 1:34 a.m. The pandemic presents a crisis on top of a crisis for the bus industry: Intercity bus travel has steadily declined during the past few decades. The five injured people were taken to local hospitals, and two were in serious condition.

The bus driver then continued on the highway and took the closest exit, pulling into a gas station so that the approaching authorities could help the injured passengers.

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