‘They came out of nowhere’: Bus driver narrowly escapes injury after man fires BB gun at him

BOSTON (WHDH) - A shuttle bus driver narrowly escaped serious injury Friday night after someone fired a BB gun at the moving vehicle during rush hour in Downtown Boston.

Darryl Walker said that a near fender bender on Beverly Street led to an exchange of words between him and two men in another vehicle. Eventually, those words escalated into actions and Walker says that is when the passenger whipped a BB gun out and began firing.

“The next thing I know he says I’m going to put a cap in your blank, blank,” Walker said. “I didn’t even see the guy go like underneath the seat or nothing. He just came up with it.”

Aside from a sore back, injured while dodging the BBs, Walker was not hurt.

But BB holes can be seen on the driver’s side door and side-view mirror.

“They came out of nowhere and we almost had an accident,” Walker said.

Walker said that thankfully he was able to make out the license plate on the offending vehicle.

Thanks to a heavy amount of traffic in the area, police were able to take a suspect into custody

“They tried to make an escape but what happened was its rush hour and they couldn’t get away it was too much traffic. so that’s what got ’em,” he explained.

No passengers were on board the bus during this close call.

The investigation remains ongoing at this time.

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