Minneapolis School Bus Driver Shot in Head in Front of Students While Driving Children Home

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Three little children were still on board when a school bus driver was shot in the head on Wednesday.

The incident took place at the intersection of North Girard Avenue and 37th Street around 2:16 p.m., according to the Minneapolis Police Department. The bus driver was found with a gunshot wound to the head when police arrived at the scene.

Minneapolis School Bus Driver Shot in Head

According to authorities, the motorist was brought to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Three children, all under the age of ten, were aboard the bus at the time of the shooting, but none of them were injured and the children were taken home by the police. The shooting is still being investigated. The bus's front windscreen had an obvious gunshot hole.

Around 2:15 p.m., a gunshot took place, according to the Minneapolis Police Department. The motorist had already been shot in the head when officers arrived at the scene. The motorist was brought to a hospital in the area. The driver's identity has not been revealed, nor has his present state of health been made public.

According to authorities, the bus driver was shot while three children, all under the age of ten, were on board. All of the youngsters were unharmed and were taken home by the cops, according to The Sun.

Gunshot Victims in Minnesota Increased

According to PBS, the number of gunshot victims in Minnesota climbed by 90% from 2020 to 2021. In addition, the number of homicides increased from 22% to 40%. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the state's firearm fatality rate in 2019 was roughly 8.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, which was substantially lower than other states in the United States.

Both the direct blow and the shock waves that result from a bullet ping-ponging around inside the body can harm flesh and organs. According to the article, while it is possible to survive a headshot, how much damage the body can take and still operate depends on the luck of the draw. If the bullet velocity is high, there is no side-to-side movement (wobble), and it goes through non-critical areas of the brain, there is minimal damage and life is conceivable for certain lucky people.

Following the shooting of 22-year-old Black man Amir Locke while cops were carrying out a no-knock warrant last week, Minneapolis police are presently under fire. Over the weekend, hundreds of people with posters reading "Justice for Amir Locke" marched through the streets of the city.

In addition to Locke's killing, Minneapolis has been the scene of other high-profile shootings in the past, including Daunte Wright's shooting in 2021 and Justine Ruszczyk Damond's shooting in 2017.

On a school bus on Wednesday, the driver's shooting was not the only life-threatening peril. According to PennLive, a shooting suspect was captured in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, after a chase resulted in the suspect colliding with a school bus. In this instance, according to a police spokeswoman, all of the children were able to safely exit the bus.

After an accident in Londonderry Township, police apprehended a suspect, according to District Attorney Fran Chardo. The school bus was carrying pupils from Elizabethtown's Mount Calvary Christian School, according to Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Megan Ammerman. She claimed they all got off safely and the school was contacted. According to Ammerman, no pupils were hurt and the kids were taken to school by a replacement bus Newsweek via MSN reported.