Important Takeaways:

• One person was fatally shot when an MTA bus was hijacked with passengers on board and then pursued by police from South Los Angeles to downtown L.A. early Wednesday morning.
• Authorities learned that a person on the bus had pulled out a gun, prompting the bus driver to activate a panic button that displays a “CALL 911” outside the bus.
• Officers found the bus stopped near West 117th Street and South Figueroa Street, but it began to move when officers got close, prompting a pursuit. Police said the suspect was holding the driver at gunpoint.
• “Clearly he was under duress and under the threat of violence … for him to be able to keep his composure is a reflection on the bus operators in the system,” Graham said about the driver after the incident.
• Officers deployed spike strips, which flattened the bus’s tires. The pursuit ended after roughly an hour
• Once the bus came to a stop, SWAT officers deployed a flash-bang device which allowed the driver to escape by climbing through a window.
• Police said SWAT officers also rescued a passenger who was not seriously hurt.
• Another passenger was found on the bus suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The unidentified victim was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead, Graham said.
• The suspect was taken into custody.

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