Seattle woman IDed as victim fatally shot in California bus
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A Seattle woman was the person shot to death inside a Greyhound bus in Northern California after a 21-year-old man who was acting erratically opened fire, killing her and wounding four others, authorities said Friday.
Karin Dalton, 43, died at the scene of the Wednesday shooting in the city of Oroville, where the bus stopped at a convenience store, the Butte County Sheriff's officials said.
Asaahdi Coleman, of Sacramento, started shooting at passengers as they exited the Los Angeles-bound during a scheduled stop, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Thursday.
Coleman fled the bus and was arrested, naked, inside a Walmart after getting into a fight with a customer. He was expected to be arraigned later Friday. It was not immediately known if has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Police received 911 calls shortly after 7:30 p.m. that someone was shooting inside the bus outside a convenience store in the small city of Oroville, about 65 miles (104 kilometers) north of Sacramento.
Officials said they recovered a dozen 9 mm bullet casings on the bus, which also had a bullet hole through the windshield. Detectives later recovered the weapon in a nearby construction site, Honea said.
A 32-year-old man who was shot multiple times and a 25-year-old pregnant woman remained at a hospital in critical condition and an 11-year-old girl was listed in stable condition. A 38-year-old man was treated for a minor injury and is expected to be released from the hospital soon, Honea said.
Moments before the shooting Coleman, who had boarded the bus in Redding, told passengers that Los Angeles was a dangerous city and showed them a firearm he was carrying in a satchel, authorities said.
He also got agitated and accused one of the passengers of being an undercover law enforcement officer, authorities said.
After the shooting, Coleman fled and ran to the Walmart about a half-mile (0.8 kilometers) from the bus and got into a fight with a customer.
the fight was broken up, he walked away and began taking off his clothes. He was taken into custody a short time later, officials said.