Army trainee hijacks elementary school bus full of children; kids all safe: Sheriff

A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after he allegedly hijacked a South Carolina elementary school bus while carrying a rifle. All 18 children and the bus driver on board are safe.A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a South Carolina elementary school bus with 18 children on board while carrying a rifle, authorities said.

The incident began around 7 a.m. Thursday when the suspect allegedly hopped a barbed wire fence and fled Fort Jackson, according to Lott and Beagle. The suspect then drove the bus for a few miles before abandoning it, leaving the rifle inside, Lott said. "There is nothing that leads us to believe in his counseling, in his screening records coming in, that this had anything to do with harming others, harming himself or anything that links to any type of nefarious activity," Beagle said."We do experience several soldiers that over the course of initial stages have that desire, that anxiety, and due to separation from their families, to get home. We think that was truly his intent and nothing beyond that.

Objective please?

Dash away his career for what reason?.

So....another 'Hero in uniform' eh Guise? LOL 'Army trainee'.

I’m curious as to how he is in PTs and has access to his weapon…? I don’t remember a time in basic where we were in PTs handling our weapons.

What exactly is an 'Army trainee'?

Got anything to say about this NRA ?

Omg very traumatic

My definition of a hero is someone who goes to extraordinary lengths to save a life....this bus driver fits that description!

Bet 10 to 1 that this was at antifa or a BLM member.

As much as is wrong with my country (and that's laid bare for the world to see right now), Americans must do something about the attitudes toward deadly weapons that are at the heart of the rash of traumatic events occurring almost every week. Wish you all well. Stay safe.

When I was at Ft Jackson we didn’t even know where the gate was to get off post. And we were constantly monitored when we had access to weapons. But this was over 20 years ago.

Coward.

“Where do you think you’re going, son?” “Sorry, Captain! It’s crazy out there and the firefight was so heavy. I got scared and tried to go AWOL.” “Who you calling Captain? I’m a general!” “Wow!” exclaimed the soldier. “I didn’t realize I’d run that far back.”

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This doesn’t show heroism it doesn’t even show the whole encounter. Way to cherry pick ABC.

White supremacy at its worst, all in the house that trump built.

Army recruiting ain't what it used to be.

Ok,basic training isn't so extreme that you need to escape. It's not like the movie Full Metal Jacket. Everyone gets homesick but you'll see them when you've finished.

What the actual—and I can’t stress this enough—fuck.

OK. I may have finally seen it all. I'm coming now Elizabeth. This is about the dumbist shit I've ever seen. Kudos to the driver for keeping things calm.

Omg, that poor driver. Unbelievable 😡

What the fuck?

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