DECATUR, Ga. — A MARTA bus driver is dead after police said he got into a fight over a $2.50 fare with three other people.
MARTA police said it happened just after 6:30 p.m. at the Decatur Station along Church Street in Decatur.
Investigators said the shooting happened outside the bus between the driver and three other people.
During the fight, the driver was shot three times.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died from his injuries.
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MARTA police said they have arrested two of the three people involved and the gunman remains on the run.
Investigators said they have good video of the incident, but at this time are not releasing the names of anyone involved.
The MARTA police chief told Channel 2’s Michael Doudna on Friday night that in his five years of being chief, he has no recollection of something like this happening to a MARTA driver.
A bystander also received a “superficial wound” after being hit by a ricocheting bullet.
That person was taken to a nearby hospital to be checked out.
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