ABC Columbia
May 6, 2021 1:10 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Officials with Fort Jackson are held a press conference regarding a soldier who was arrested after allegedly hijacking a school bus Thursday morning.
According to investigators, the soldier, who is a 23-year-old trainee, was armed with a rifle and escaped Fort Jackson. Officials with Fort Jackson say there was no ammunition in the rifle.
Sheriff Leon Lott says the suspect, who was dressed in physical training clothes, went to I-77 and tried to get into vehicles, before hijacking a school bus with 18 kids and the bus driver inside, at a bus stop on Old Percival Road.
ABC Columbia
May 6, 2021 12:30 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Richland County deputies say an armed Fort Jackson soldier hijacked a school bus Thursday morning. Investigators say around 7 a.m. the soldier, whose name has not yet been released, ran off of Fort Jackson and ultimately to a bus stop on Old Percival Road armed with a rifle, where he got on the school bus bound for Forest Lake Elementary.
Deputies say 18 students and a driver were ultimately let off the bus unharmed. According to investigators, the suspect ultimately abandoned the bus and was arrested a short time later. Sheriff Lott says the suspect will face multiple counts of kidnapping as well as additional charges. School officials say the students who were on the bus will be provided with counseling.
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