(CNN) A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a school bus full of students on its way to Forest Lake Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, the Richland County sheriff said. Sheriff Leon Lott called the incident "a very scary situation," but said none of the 18 children on board the bus were injured. "Probably one of the scariest calls we can get in law enforcement, and as a school district, is that a school bus has been hijacked with kids on it with someone with a gun. Lott said that at around 7 a.m., a trainee dressed in physical training clothes left the Army post with a rifle. Lott said the trainee eventually ended up at a bus stop where children were boarding the bus and he got on as well.

Source: CNN May 06, 2021 16:03 UTC