LOS ANGELES—A passenger was fatally shot aboard a hijacked Metro bus, and the suspect was arrested after a slow pursuit through downtown Los Angeles, police said Wednesday.
The pursuit began around 12:50 a.m. Wednesday when police responded to South Figueroa Street and Imperial Highway regarding a shots fired call. According to reports from the scene, Los Angeles Police Department officers witnessed a man with a gun boarding the bus near Figueroa and West 119th Street, who demanded that the driver continue driving through downtown.
Four people were on the bus, two passengers, the driver and the suspect, according to media reports. Police pursued the bus for over an hour and at some point the suspect allegedly shot a passenger on board the bus, NBC4 reported….