Driver in shooting hits school bus, flees

BY KIRO Radio Staff  on February 5, 2013 @ 3:40 pm (Updated: 6:25 pm - 2/5/13 )

The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is searching for a gunman who fired at least one shot from a silver car on Puyallup's South Hill, then crashed into a school bus before fleeing.

Detective Ed Troyer says the silver car was involved in a shooting at 136th and Median E. in South Hill, then drove seven blocks on 136th St. E. to 94th Ave. E., where it struck the bumper of a school bus carrying several students. Troyer says no shots were fired at or near the school bus, no students were injured, and no students saw the shooting.

Troyer says early reports of one bullet striking the school bus were incorrect and the result of a miscommunication between agencies at the scene.

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  • shark75 wrote...
    Three guesses on the decription of the suspect
    February 5, 2013 3:06 pm
    the first two don't count...
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  • Pawnbroker1 wrote...
    Guessing
    February 5, 2013 4:08 pm
    Male between ages of 18 and 25?
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  • TwoTrees wrote...
    Man, shark75, I've never 'decripted' a suspect before...
    February 5, 2013 5:51 pm
    To the algorithms! ;)
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  • boomshakalaka wrote...
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    February 5, 2013 6:26 pm
    I bet my left arm that at least one car involved was a Honda Civic, absurd looking muffler, and even more ridiculous spoiler.
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