A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a South Carolina elementary school bus with 18 children on board, authorities say. The students and the bus driver are safe, an official said.
A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a South Carolina elementary school bus with 18 children on board, authorities said.
The children had boarded the bus when the suspect, armed with a rifle, got on at the bus stop and allegedly"told the bus driver he didn’t want to hurt him, but he wanted him to drive him to the next town," Lott said.Columbia, S.C. police officers stand near a press conference about an incident where a Fort Jackson trainee hijacked a school bus full of 18 elementary school students in Richland County, S.C., May 6, 2021.
"The kids started asking lots of questions to the suspect if he was going to hurt them or the bus driver," Lott said.The children and the bus driver got off safely.Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott talks to the press about an incident where a Fort Jackson trainee hijacked a school bus full of 18 elementary school students in Richland County, S.C., May 6, 2021.
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