r/culvercity

“A bus driver was shot and killed by a passenger in Mar Vista late Thursday afternoon, police said.
The shooting occurred during an altercation between the two people on a Culver City bus near Mitchell and Centinela avenues around 5:15 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Details about what led up to the altercation were not immediately available.

Police say the bus driver, described as a man in his 40s, was taken to the hospital and died. His identity has not been released.”

Full story from NBC: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/bus-driver-shot-killed-mar-vista/3950198/

This is nuts. I take the bus from that stop all the time. Our bus drivers already take enough shit. So sorry for his family 💔

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/beloved-culver-citybus-driver-shot-killed-search-underway-for-gunman/

If you don't know already, last night a Culver City bus driver (driving the number 2/Inglewood-Centinela-Westfield Mall-Venice High School route) got into an altercation with a passenger on Venice and Centinela, in which the bus driver didn't stop at the correct requested stop, or didn't open the door, or some people even said he didn't have the fare and the driver wasn't letting him on the bus (regardless of the incidentals it doesn't matter etc.). The passenger then shoots the driver, and runs off. Nobody else on the bus was harmed, and the passenger who shot the driver is at large. The driver was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries.

I'm torn, because first and foremost, my condolences to the driver, who was simply doing his job, and didn't expect to die doing his job as a bus driver.

But mind you I had no idea that this incident happened until later. I currently don't have a car and I pretty much ride the Culver City green buses (and Metro LA transit in general for transfers etc) on a daily basis almost. But I was trying to catch the number 1 Washington bus around 8 p.m. last night off Overland and Washington, as I just did some shopping at the Ralphs supermarket. The LED sign up above we all know is not reliable and those are just estimation times, bus could come much sooner or much later etc.

After waiting for about 45 minutes, creeping up close to 9, the sign changed to "Culver City transit is not in service", which I found odd and I just knew something must have happened etc. So I ended up taking a lyft home. That's when I got home a bit later I found out about what happened.

Again, I'm very sorry for the driver, and condolences to him, praying for his family, friends, anyone he was close to etc. But Culver City transit just announced "Service will be suspended this weekend for grieving", which again I understand, but so there will be no bus service this weekend? At all? I just don't understand.

Again, so anyone who depends on the bus to get around Culver City has to find another transportation method from this statement?

But above all, I don't want to underwhelm the situation. I am very sorry that this incident happened, and very sorry for the driver.

Just received a text from the Culver City Bus systems. Potentially worthwhile info for anybody who is affected by the CCBus Suspension.

Let me know if there’s a better flair.