Fare beater opens fire on three MTA workers after getting kicked off NYC bus
A fare-beater went berserk and opened fire on three MTA employees who booted from a bus in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, leaving one of the workers wi🌳th a graze wound to the 𓂃leg, police said.
The gunman boarded the B82 bus at the corner of Flatlan🌼ds and Louisiana avenues in Canarsie around 6:20 a.m., but did not pay for the fare, authorities said.
MTA inspectors were checking for passengers’ receipts on board the bus when they realized the suspect didn’t hav💃e one – so they asked him to leave and pay for the ride, cops and sources said.
He got off the bus and walked down the block — before allegedly opening fire on the three inspectors.
One of the workers went to ♉the Kings County Hospital Center for pain in his arm and elbow, and doctors there discovered his leg had also been grazed by a bullet, police sources said.
The shooter fled, cops said.
No arrests have been made, though po⛄lice said they obtained surveillance video from the bus and were working to identify the suspect.
Shell casings from a .ℱ45 caliber 🦹weapon were recovered at the scene, according to the sources.
The bus had driven awa♊y from the scene when the gunman opened fire, police said.
The MTA deferred to the NYPD when reached for comm🍨ent.
Additional reporting by Nolan Hicks
