The school bus is no longer a safe place for your children. On Monday, authorities report that three masked thugs jumped into a Maryland school bus and attempted to murder a 14-year-old boy. One of the masked teenagers attempted to shoot the boy in the head three times but the gun failed to go off. Is this another example of how public schools need better security?
According to Fox News:
“This was an attempted murder, plain and simple,” Martin Diggs, head of the bus drivers’ union in Prince George’s County, told WJLA-TV about the Monday incident near the Iverson Mall. “Call it what it is.”
“They pulled the trigger three times, but for some reason, by the grace of God, the gun didn’t go off and bullets flew out of the gun,” Diggs said.
Fox 5 DC reported that the suspects, who were wearing hoodies as well as masks, pistol whipped the teenager after the gun misfired.
“They tried to kill my son three times and they failed,” the victim’s mother told the outlet. “And you know what I would say to them? You are cowards, You’re gonna forever be a coward. You’re not gonna have any good luck. And you will get caught.” Diggs is calling for more security on county school buses and said the driver believed he would be killed during the incident.
So far, footage from the incident has not been released but the attack has people wondering how the assailants were able to board the bus so easily. In response to recent violence at schools across the country, there has been a push to hire additional security at schools. School buses could be another area where administrators may look to beef up protection for students.
