Shooting kills one, wounds 5 others on Greyhound bus headed from LA to Bay Area

LOS ANGELES — A man shot six people, killing one, aboard a Greyhound bus headed from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area on Interstate 5 early Monday and was taken into custody, authorities said.

The shooting was reported at 1:27 a.m. on the northbound 5 near Fort Tejon Road in Kern County, according to California Highway Patrol spokesman Steve Loftus. The bus stopped at the Grapevine Road exit.

“Numerous” passengers on the bus called 911 to report the active shooter situation, Loftus said.

There were 40 passengers on the bus, and six suffered major to moderate gunshot wounds, Loftus said.

CHP Sgt. Brian Pennings said one of the wounded passengers died on the bus, and the other five were taken to hospitals.

The name of the fatally wounded person was not immediately released. The ages, genders and conditions of the survivors were not immediately available.

Following the shooting, the driver pulled over on the freeway shoulder, and the suspect got off, leaving the handgun behind, Pennings said.

The bus then continued on, exiting the freeway and stopping at a Valero gas station in Lebec, where the area was cordoned off with caution tape, according to KBAK Fox58 in Bakersfield.

Pennings said authorities arrested the suspect on the freeway shoulder near where he had gotten off the bus. The suspect’s name and motive were not immediately released.

The Grapevine Road on- and off-ramps on the 5 Freeway were closed at 3:02 a.m. according to the CHP web site.

Arrangements were being made to take the remaining passengers to their destinations.