Fort Jackson Army soldier hijacks school bus full of kids

Richland County deputies say a a school bus was hijacked Thursday morning by an armed trainee from Fort Jackson but that suspect is now in custody and the kids are all safe.

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said the incident began around 7 a.m. on Ft. Jackson, when a trainee in his third week of training ran off from the base armed with a rifle.

Police said they later got a call of a man trying to flag down a car near Interstate 77.

Lott said the trainee went to a bus stop near Percival Road where 18 students were getting on to go to Forest Lake Elementary in Richland School District Two. The trainee then got onboard armed with a rifle and told the driver he didn't want to hurt anyone, but he wanted to be taken to the next town.

"You can just imagine they were scared to death," Lott said. "I'll give the bus driver credit, he kept his cool. HIs main concern was the safety of the kids and he did his job."

Lott said after a few minutes, kids began coming to the front of the bus and started asking questions. The sheriff said the soldier got frustrated, and told the kids and the driver to get off near Old Percival Road.

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