This is some crazy mess. Do you agree?
The man, who was a passenger on the bus, was taken into custody in the East New York section of Brooklyn overnight.
Detectives were led to him by a tip, after a combined reward of $24,000 was posted for information leading to his arrest.
He is being questioned by detectives. No charges were immediately filed.
A bus rider turned on the driver who denied him a free transfer Monday, stabbing him to death as passengers looked on in the first killing of an on-duty city bus driver in more than a quarter-century.
Edwin Thomas, 46, was driving the B-46 bus in Brooklyn when the attacker got on shortly after noon on Monday, police said. The man swiped an invalid fare card and sat down on the bus before asking for a transfer slip usually available to riders.
When Thomas told the man he didn't pay for the ride and couldn't get a transfer, the man punched the driver in the head and fatally stabbed him in the torso in front of other passengers, police said.
Thomas was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, and the attacker fled on foot. Police are offering a $12,000 reward for any information on the culprit.
Passenger Benjamin Stacking told television reporters that he heard the commotion
The man, who was a passenger on the bus, was taken into custody in the East New York section of Brooklyn overnight.
Detectives were led to him by a tip, after a combined reward of $24,000 was posted for information leading to his arrest.
He is being questioned by detectives. No charges were immediately filed.
A bus rider turned on the driver who denied him a free transfer Monday, stabbing him to death as passengers looked on in the first killing of an on-duty city bus driver in more than a quarter-century.
Edwin Thomas, 46, was driving the B-46 bus in Brooklyn when the attacker got on shortly after noon on Monday, police said. The man swiped an invalid fare card and sat down on the bus before asking for a transfer slip usually available to riders.
When Thomas told the man he didn't pay for the ride and couldn't get a transfer, the man punched the driver in the head and fatally stabbed him in the torso in front of other passengers, police said.
Thomas was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, and the attacker fled on foot. Police are offering a $12,000 reward for any information on the culprit.
Passenger Benjamin Stacking told television reporters that he heard the commotion
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