The Brief
- A WMATA bus driver was assaulted by a passenger in Silver Spring.
- Video from inside the bus showed the man reached around the shield and started punching the driver while the bus was moving.
- The bus drivers’ union says that the shields don’t sufficiently protect drivers. WMATA says it’s working to install new fully-enclosed shields on all buses that will better protect drivers.
SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Metro Transit Police Department is looking for the man caught on camera attacking a bus driver in Silver Spring last week.
What we know:
The attack happened Saturday night, Aug. 1. Police said the man got on the bus near the Woodmoor shopping center, on Colesville Road near Woodmoor Circle.…