‘Tell Us What Provoked Him’: Attorney for School Bus Driver Accused of Punching Students and Abandoning Some on the Street Says Video Evidence May Prove He Acted In Self-Defense

A school bus driver in St. Louis, Missouri, was charged after police say he pulled over, punched two students in the face , and then left all the children on his bus on the street.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 51-year-old Lamar Murray with two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

According to a probable cause statement cited by KMOV, Murray was a substitute driver for the Hazelwood School District.

Police say that on May 2, he was driving some students home from school when he became angry at several students at the back of the bus…

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