Woman’s Plea Stops Gunfire Aboard Bus
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From Times Wire Reports
A gunman who opened fire on a bus arriving at a midtown Manhattan terminal stopped shooting when one of his wounded victims begged for her 8-year-old daughter’s life, police said.
After listening to Vickie Barnes’ plea, 25-year-old Volson Mytil put down his gun and announced, “It’s over. Call the police,” Port Authority Police Inspector Lawrence Fields said.
Barnes, 34, of Jacksonville, N.C., was shot in the leg. She was one of four people wounded aboard the parked Greyhound bus after the gunfire erupted.
Police had no motive for the shooting.
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