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COLUMBIA An Army trainee has been arrested after authorities say he boarded a South Carolina school bus with a gun Thursday and held the driver and elementary students hostage before letting them off the bus.
During a news conference, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said the incident started at around 7 a.m. near Fort Jackson, the U.S. Army s largest basic training facility, located in Columbia.
The trainee, dressed in physical therapy clothes, ran off post and escaped with a rifle from the installation, Lott said. Deputies then started receiving calls about someone standing on a nearby interstate flagging down cars.
CAUGHT ON CAM: Armed Fort Jackson trainee hijacked SC school bus full of children, police say
18 children from Forest Lake Elementary were on board, but are safe.
RCSD releases video of school bus hijacking By WIS News 10 Staff | May 6, 2021 at 9:19 AM EDT - Updated May 7 at 11:56 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A soldier in training at Fort Jackson has been arrested after hijacking a school bus while armed with a gun, police said. Jovan Collazo faces numerous charges including 19 counts of kidnapping. (Source: RCSD)
Officials say it all started around 7 a.m. Thursday when a trainee dressed in a physical training uniform took a M4 rifle, jumped a fence and left post.
Meg Kinnard May 06, 2021 - 3:52 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. - An Army trainee has been arrested and charged with dozens of crimes after authorities say he boarded a South Carolina school bus with a gun Thursday and held the driver and elementary students hostage before letting them off the bus.
During a news conference, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said the incident started at around 7 a.m. near Fort Jackson, the U.S. Army s largest basic training facility, located in Columbia. The trainee, dressed in physical training clothes, âran off post and escapedâ with a rifle from the installation, Lott said. Deputies then started receiving calls about someone standing on a nearby interstate flagging down cars.
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