Three masked attackers are being pursued by Prince George’s County police after they jumped onto a school bus and tried to shoot the last student on board.
The assault took place shortly before 5 p.m. Monday in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
After the other students got off the bus at Iverson Street and Sutler Drive, the three masked assailants, who are believed to be teens, rushed on board to confront the last student remaining.
At least one of the trio was armed. A handgun is visible in pictures of the three released by police Thursday.
A gun was fired three times at the student they targeted, but the weapon malfunctioned.
After the gun failed, the trio beat the student, whose name was not released by police, and got off the bus. The student suffered minor injuries. The driver and a bus aide, who witnessed the attack, were not hurt.
The Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating the crime and has offered an unspecified cash reward in connection to the case. Anyone with information is asked to call 301-749-5064.
“This was an attempted murder, plain and simple. Call it what it is,” Martin Diggs, president of the ACE-AFSCME Local 2250 union that represents Prince George’s County bus drivers, told WJLA-TV, a local ABC affiliate.
The student’s mother, whose name was not released, had choice words for the perpetrators.
“They tried to kill my son three times and they failed. 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,” the relieved and aggrieved woman told Fox TV station WTTG.
In a statement, Prince George’s County Public Schools said, “We are horrified by this incident and grateful that no lives were lost.”
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