CHICAGO _ A CTA bus driver jumped out a window at the sound of gunfire on his bus late Tuesday in the South Side's Chatham neighborhood, causing injuries to his neck, back and leg, according to police.
The driver was the only person hurt in the shooting around 10:25 p.m. Tuesday in the 7900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, police said. The shots fired by a rider did not hit anyone.
The shooter got on the bus at 79th Street and Drexel Avenue. Another man got on two blocks west, at 79th and Cottage Grove. Five other passengers were on the bus when the men started to argue, a police source said. The shooter took out a handgun and fired several times at the other man, then ran off the bus, police said. The other man also left the bus before police arrived.
The bus driver, a 31-year-old man, went back to the bus to wait for police and an ambulance, police said. He was stabilized and taken to St. Bernard Hospital.
The gunfire damaged a hand rail, police said.
