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Family of bus passenger shot, killed by VIA Transit police still looking for answers Shooting reported near San Pedro and West Olmos Tags:  , SAN ANTONIO – It’s been almost two weeks and still, the family of 28-year-old Terry Wayne Bishop is looking for answers. Bishop was on board the bus traveling up to San Pedro Avenue near West Olmos at the time of the incident. VIA Transit Police Chief Mark Witherell said two officers were called about Bishop being armed. Bishop’s family is now demanding to see the bus’s surveillance camera footage. Bishop’s stepsister said they’ve had pl...

VIA Transit police shoot, kill armed bus passenger, officials say Shooting reported near San Pedro and West Olmos Updated:  Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – A man who allegedly was carrying a gun on a San Antonio bus was shot and killed by VIA Transit police officers on Tuesday evening. VIA Transit Police Chief Mark Witherell said two officers were called about the armed man who was on a bus traveling up San Pedro Avenue near West Olmos. When they arrived and boarded the bus, Witherell said “something transpired” that led the officers to open fire on the man. One of the officers has been on the f...