Bus hijacked in Los Angeles after fatal shooting on board, leading to wild chase with police

A suspect shot and killed a passenger on an MTA bus in Los Angeles early Wednesday morning before hijacking the vehicle and leading police on a wild chase for over an hour before being arrested by a SWAT team, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) told Fox News Digital.

The dramatic incident occurred at approximately 12:45 a.m. when police received a 911 call about a shooting and subsequent bus robbery at the corner of Figaro Street and Manchester Avenue.

Police say the suspect shot at least one person before forcing the driver to drive north at gunpoint. During the first phase of the hijacking, other passengers were seen getting off the bus, police said.

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The LAPD SWAT team finally stopped the bus at 2:05 a.m. near the intersection of South Alameda Street and 6th Street, about five miles northeast of where the original kidnapping had occurred.

Police used nail barriers to slow the vehicle, and it eventually came to a stop before the suspect barricaded himself inside the vehicle.

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Online images and a live stream from local news reporters show an MTA bus stopped on the side of the road with an armored police vehicle in front of it and an armed SWAT team on the scene.

The suspect was arrested and the injured victim was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition but later succumbed to his injuries, police said. Police said the incident is now being treated as a homicide investigation.

The Los Angeles Fire Department said two other people on the bus refused treatment. A motive for the shooting is unknown.

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