UPDATE: St. Paul man charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting Minneapolis bus driver
A school bus driver was wounded in a Tuesday afternoon shooting that followed a crash with another vehicle on snowy Interstate 35W near downtown Minneapolis, police say.
The bus driver was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center with gunshot wounds that were not considered life-threatening and a suspect was taken into custody, according to a news release issued by the Minneapolis Police Department. One student was sitting in the back of the small bus at the time of the shooting but was not injured.
Minneapolis police identified the suspect as Kenneth W. Lilly, who was booked into the Hennepin County jail on suspicion of second-degree assault.
The bus collided with a car about 2:20 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-35W near Chicago Avenue, and both vehicles pulled off the freeway to the shoulder, the MPD news release said.
Soon after, 911 callers reported that a man was outside the car pointing a gun at the bus; subsequent callers said he had fired into the bus, according to the release.
After the shooting, Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic cameras showed an officer pointing a gun at someone standing near a car that was stopped in front of the bus.
The Minnesota State Patrol arrested Lilly and took a gun from him, the news release said.
The child who was on the bus when the shooting occurred has been reunited with family.
There was one student on board at the time of the shooting & thankfully, they were uninjured and will be receiving follow-up support from MPS. We have contacted the impacted family. The driver sustained non-life threating injuries. Any additional information will come from MPD.
— Minneapolis Public Schools (@MPS_News) February 5, 2019
