Teenager arrested for allegedly stabbing Los Angeles bus driver

A young person has been arrested for the near-fatal stabbing of a Los Angeles Metro bus driver after the pair acquired right into a “verbal argument.”

Officers say {that a} 17-year-old male, who has not been publicly recognized, was taken into custody on Thursday in reference to the brutal assault within the metropolis.

The motive force was stabbed a number of instances at a bus cease on Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Erwin Avenue within the suburb of Woodland Hills on Wednesday after the pair acquired embroiled in an altercation outdoors the bus.

Authorities say that the verbal argument between the 61-year-old driver and {the teenager} started about “fare evasion” earlier than escalating.

Police say that they each acquired off the bus which is when the suspect allegedly stabbed the motive force within the chest, neck, and again, after which ran away.

The bus driver, who has not been named, was rushed to Northridge Hospital in essential situation and stays within the intensive care unit.

“The character of the accidents that he sustained have been positively past life-threatening and positively in lots of different cases he wouldn’t have survived,” stated Los Angeles Police Chief Michael Moore after the assault.

Mayor Karen Bass described the assault as a “heinous act of violence”, including that “the hurt executed to one in all our Metro drivers is tragic”.

After visiting the motive force within the hospital, Mayor Bass stated: “I be a part of your complete metropolis household in praying for him tonight, and my coronary heart additionally goes out to his household.

“For therefore many Angelenos, our transit operators are part of their on a regular basis lives – they convey our youngsters to high school, they convey us residence from work and are a part of the very cloth of our metropolis, 24 hours a day, 7 days every week.

“They do their job of getting us to the place we have to go, and we should in flip do our job of maintaining them protected.

“Security on Metro is a high precedence, and I’ll redouble my efforts as Mayor and as a Metro Board member to maintain transit riders and employees protected.”

In line with footage obtained by the authorities within the wake of the assault, the suspect was described as a white man with blonde curly hair, who was carrying a crimson t-shirt and black trousers on the time of the assault, and was carrying a black backpack.