OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Three masked attackers boarded a college bus in Maryland earlier this week and tried a number of occasions to shoot a boy, however the assault was foiled by a malfunctioning gun, police stated.

The bus stopped in Oxon Hill, a suburb of the nation’s capital, to drop off college students simply earlier than 5 p.m. Monday, when three individuals believed to be juveniles bought on and started to assault the boy, who had remained on the bus, Prince George’s County Police stated in a information launch.

One attacker tried a number of occasions to shoot the boy, however detectives imagine the gun malfunctioned, police stated. The boy suffered minor accidents within the assault.

A bus driver and bus aide had been on the bus on the time and weren’t injured, police stated. It’s unknown if another college students had been on the bus. Police discovered ammunition on the bus. Police stated they’re investigating the attackers’ motives.

No suspects had been in custody Friday and a reward of as much as $2,500 is being supplied within the case, police spokesperson Lt. Shaniece Singh stated by phone.

Pictures from the assault on the bus released by police present three individuals wearing black hoodies with their faces lined attacking the boy, who’s overlaying his head together with his fingers.

Prince George’s County Public Colleges spokesperson Meghan Gebreselassie stated in a press release that officers are “horrified by this incident and grateful that no lives had been misplaced.” Holding individuals secure in school rooms and on college grounds and buses is their “highest precedence” and so they’ll proceed working with regulation enforcement, she stated.

Martin Diggs, president of ACE-AFSCME Native 2250, a union representing college assist employees, stated the driving force is “completely terrified” by what occurred. Fights and incidents involving weapons at colleges have left drivers alarmed, Diggs stated.

“There was a small quantity of individuals on this bus,” he stated. “What if there was a busload of youngsters?”

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