A shooting on a Greyhound bus near Los Angeles early Monday left one person dead and five injured, the police said, adding that a suspect was in custody after the driver and passengers persuaded him to get off the bus. The police received a call about a gunman shooting on the bus, heading from Los Angeles to the Bay Area, at about 1:27 a.m., Sgt. The driver then persuaded the gunman to get off the bus, Sergeant Pennings said. “The suspect voluntarily got off the bus, leaving his handgun behind,” he said. The sergeant later said that the passengers and driver, together, “were able to get the suspect off of the bus without the weapon.”

Source: New York Times February 03, 2020 15:28 UTC