Wayne Harvell News Today

Police in Richmond initially charged the accused with a misdemeanor simple assault offense for assaulting the driver.

A Richmond man who violently assaulted a GRTC bus driver and then shot and killed another man on a GRTC bus a month later plead guilty to the two crimes Tuesday as part of a plea agreement.

The Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Office agreed to reduce one charge against a Richmond man accused of assaulting a GRTC bus driver.

There was a 275 percent increase in bus driver assaults between 2021 and 2022, according to numbers GRTC shared with McQuinn.

Richmond Police have charged a suspect involved in two violent incidents, including a homicide, on GRTC buses in 2021.

A man accused of brutally beating a GRTC bus driver, and killing a passenger on board another bus, has been captured.

The man accused of violently beating a GRTC bus driver on October 11 is now a suspect in the shooting death of a 23-year-old passenger on another GRTC bus a month later.

The man accused of violently beating a GRTC bus driver on October 11 is now a suspect in the shooting death of a 23-year-old passenger on another GRTC bus a month later.

"Their defense is that there are a couple of occasions where he could have potentially retreated, extricated himself from the fight, backed into the bus, shut the door."