DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The FBI is working with Dayton police in
the investigation of the shooting of a bus driver who said a biblical
book in his shirt pocket helped stop two of the bullets.
FBI
spokesman Rick Smith said Wednesday that agents will help determine
whether the shooting was a hate crime, a federal civil rights violation.
Police planned a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
The
49-year-old driver told police he was outside his bus early Monday when
three men shot at him three times, with one bullet hitting his leg. He
was stabbed in the arm. He is expected to recover.
Rickey Wagoner,
who is white, told police he heard one of the three black men saying
they were there to "shoot a polar bear" — street lingo for a white
person.
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The FBI is working with Dayton police in
the investigation of the shooting of a bus driver who said a biblical
book in his shirt pocket helped stop two of the bullets.
FBI
spokesman Rick Smith said Wednesday that agents will help determine
whether the shooting was a hate crime, a federal civil rights violation.
Police planned a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
The
49-year-old driver told police he was outside his bus early Monday when
three men shot at him three times, with one bullet hitting his leg. He
was stabbed in the arm. He is expected to recover.
Rickey Wagoner,
who is white, told police he heard one of the three black men saying
they were there to "shoot a polar bear" — street lingo for a white
person.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.