BREAKING: Six people injured in shooting on Greyhound bus in California – [UPDATE: ONE DEAD]

by The Right Scoop

Six people were injured early this morning when a man opened fire on a Greyhound bus traveling through the state of California. The shooter is in custody:

NBC NEWS – Six people were injured in a shooting on a Greyhound bus traveling from Los Angeles to the Bay Area early Monday morning, officials said.

An unidentified man was taken into custody, according to California Highway Patrol communications supervisor Steve Loftus. Investigators have not determined a motive.

Police began getting calls from passengers on the bus, traveling on Interstate 5, at about 1:30 a.m. local time, Loftus said.

The bus had left Los Angeles about an hour earlier and following the shooting, the bus driver pulled off at the nearest exit, in Grapevine, south of Bakersfield.

About 40 people were on the bus, headed for the San Francisco-Oakland area, Loftus said. The six victims suffered injuries ranging from moderate to critical. Some were airlifted to the hospital.

I’m not seeing any information that would shed light on how the shooter was caught. I’m guessing there must’ve been some heroism involved subduing this man since there were 40 people people on the bus and only six of them were shot.

I’m also not seeing any other information on the suspect himself. Even though this happened around 4:30 ET, it took several hours for the information to hit Twitter and there just isn’t much out there on it right now.

 
UPDATE: It’s being reported that one of the victims has died: “One person has died following a shooting on a Greyhound bus in California, according to California Highway Patrol.” While their write-up doesn’t identify gender, their tweet does:

Here’s more on the shooting:

I’ll update you when I know more…


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