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LOS ANGELES —
\nA man cursing and muttering incoherently opened fire aboard a packed Greyhound bus in Southern California early Monday, killing one person and wounding five others in a seemingly random attack before passengers disarmed him, authorities and a witness said.<\/p>\n
\nThe driver of the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco bus pulled off onto the shoulder, where some of those aboard led the killer off the vehicle, and he was quickly taken into custody, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Brian Pennings said. The driver continued on to the next exit as passengers performed first aid on the wounded, he said.<\/p>\n
\nThe motive for the shooting was not immediately known, and there was no indication the gunman knew any of the victims, Pennings said. He said several ammunition magazines were discovered along with the gun.<\/p>\n
\nThe bus was traveling on Interstate 5 near the small mountain community of Lebec, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, when the passenger started shooting with a semi-automatic handgun shortly before 1:30 a.m. Forty-three people were aboard, including 6- and 8-year-old children, who were not hurt.<\/p>\n
\nThe dead passenger was identified as a 51-year-old woman from Colombia. Two victims were hospitalized with serious injuries, Pennings said.<\/p>\n
\nPassenger Mark Grabban, 29, told The Associated Press that the gunman had been sitting with his leg sticking out into the aisle, muttering to himself incoherently.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHe was just saying weird stuff like ‘you don\u2019t know me like that,’ \u2018wait til we get to the station,’ ‘get away from the dude in the striped shirt,\u2019 \u201d Grabban said in a series of Instagram messages.<\/p>\n
\nSuddenly, the man started cursing and shooting, Grabban said. Grabban hid beneath the seat in front of him. He said the gunman seemed to fire eight or nine shots that \u201cseemed to go on forever.\u201d He added: \u201cI was waiting for one to hit me.”<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI thought I was shot because I felt a rush of heat on the back of my head as I went down,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I guess I just smashed my head on the seat as I went down to the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThen, silence fell. The injured passengers began moaning, and others started panicking. It was dark outside and they couldn’t see what the gunman was doing after he got off the bus. Grabban said the driver of the stopped vehicle asked over the loudspeaker if anyone had been hurt and did not immediately pull away. \u201cEveryone was screaming at him to drive off,\u201d Grabban said. <\/p>\n
\nPennings said the driver’s actions “were very appropriate and one could say heroic.\u201d The officer gave no immediate details on how the passengers disarmed the killer or made him get off the bus.<\/p>\n
\nNo immediate charges were brought against the the suspect, whose name was not released.<\/p>\n
\nGrabban, who was sitting near the back of the bus with his girlfriend, picked up the gun’s empty magazine clip and handed it to the driver. A casing ended up on Grabban’s lap, he told NBC News. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cI saw the blood on the floor of the aisle,\u201d Grabban told the network. “I looked to the woman on the left, and she wasn\u2019t responding, wasn\u2019t moving or anything. She was lifeless.”<\/p>\n
\nAuthorities were looking into whether a video camera aboard the vehicle captured the attack, which happened when the bus was at the top of Tejon Pass. It rises to an elevation of more than 4,100 feet (1,250 meters) in Lebec.<\/p>\n
\nGreyhound prohibits passengers from bringing guns, explosives or dangerous chemicals on board its buses or in their luggage, according to its website. The company declined to answer additional questions about security on its buses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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