Headlines

Back to Headlines

Child Taken off School Bus After Driver Shot

Posted: 7:12 PM Jan 29, 2013
Reporter: Associated Press

Authorities in Alabama say a man boarded a school bus, shot the driver several times, then removed a 6-year-old passenger and ran.
The Dale County Sheriff says the man shot the driver Tuesday after he refused to let the child off the bus. The bus driver later died of his wounds. His identity has not been released.
Authorities say the shooter took the child to an area behind a nearby church, and police were negotiating with him.
Police in Midland City were not immediately available to comment, and a call to the Dale City Sheriff's office was not answered Tuesday evening.