A man shot six people aboard a Greyhound bus that was headed from Los Angeles to the Bay area on the Golden State (5) Freeway Monday, authorities said.
The shooting was reported at 1:27 a.m. on the 5 Freeway 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 gunshot major to moderate gunshot wounds, he said. They were taken to hospitals. Their ages, genders and conditions were not immediately available.
“The suspect is in custody,” Loftus said. He did not know how the suspect was apprehended.
The Grapevine Road on and off ramps on the 5 Freeway were closed at 3:02 a.m. according to the CHP web site.
Investigators with the Kern County sheriff’s office and the CHP have secured a Valero gas station in Lebec with caution tape and the bus was seen in the background, according to KBAK Fox58 in Bakersfield.