MARTA bus driver shot and killed over $2.50 fare dispute, gunman on the run

DECATUR, Ga. — A MARTA bus driver is was shot and killed after police said he got into a fight over a $2.50 fare with three other people on Friday evening.

MARTA police said it happened just after 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the Decatur Station along Church Street in Decatur, according to WSBTV .

Investigators said the shooting happened outside the bus between the driver and three other people.

During the fight, police said the driver was shot three times.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital and later died from his injuries.

MARTA police said they have arrested two of the three people involved and the gunman remains on the run.

Investigators said they have good video of the incident, but at this time are not releasing the names of anyone involved.

The MARTA police chief said on in his five years of being chief, he has no recollection of something like this happening to a MARTA driver.

The identity of the victim and two people who were arrested was not released by police.

This story was originally published here.

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