Police: School bus driver shot after crash in Minneapolis

Published 8:11 pm Tuesday, February 5, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities say a school bus driver was wounded in a shooting that followed a crash with another vehicle on a snowy interstate near downtown Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Public Schools said in a statement that one student was on the small bus Tuesday afternoon and was not hurt. Police spokesman John Elder says the driver’s injuries were not life-threatening. Officers quickly took one suspect into custody.

Police say the elementary school student was sitting in the back of the bus at the time and has been reunited with family.

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Police had no immediate details on the crash prior to the shooting.

After the shooting, Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic cameras showed an officer pointing a gun at someone standing near a car that was stopped in front of the bus.