Man shot to death on Metro bus

Police are still investigating a fatal shooting aboard a Metro bus yesterday that was apparently triggered by a passenger bumping into another passenger. It happened around 11:45 a.m. on the No. 82 bus as it was inbound on Westheimer near Royal Oaks Club Drive: "The suspect was on the bus making his way through the center aisle when he brushed up against the victim," HPD Capt. Dwayne Ready told KPRC. The two exchanged words, and then one of the men pulled a gun and shot the other in the chest. "When the guy was shot, he dropped. The guy that did the shooting just stood there with a gun in his hand, with the gun smoking, like he's getting ready to start shooting again. So, we didn't know what was going to happen," witness Gwen Guidry said. "[The gunman] said the guy threatened to kill him."

Guidry, a nurse who was on her way to work at The Methodist Hospital, tried to revive the victim, but he had been shot through the lung. "I tried to revive him. I did what I could, but it wasn't happening," Guidry told KHOU. After firing the shot, the suspect reportedly put his gun away, walked to the back of the bus and sat down; when police arrived, he was sitting there with his hands up, ready to be taken into custody. Police haven't released the names of the victim or the gunman and also haven't specified what the men said to each other before the shooting.

The good news, though: There's not much chance you'll get shot on a Metro bus, according to Metro Police Chief Tom Lambert, who noted that Metro carries 330,000 passengers a day on its bus fleet. "This is a rare occurrence," he said.