As Many As 11 Hurt In Englewood Bus Crash After Gunfire

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No one was shot, but as many as 11 people most of them on the bus were injured in the crash and taken to hospitals, though none had life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

Several witnesses said the Intrepid appeared to be the target of the shooting, but police spokeswoman Lt. Maureen Biggane said investigators were not sure if the car's occupants were involved in the incident.

Albert Perkins, head cook at Ryan Anthony's Restaurant & Catering on the block, said the dispute appeared to begin outside the restaurant as an argument between people in the Intrepid and a red SUV.

Two men jumped from the SUV and began walking down the block, one of them firing a gun and appearing to aim at the Intrepid, Perkins said.

"These young guys stepped out with AK-47s or Uzis or something and shot up the whole block," Perkins said. "Once they got done, they ran back to the truck."

About 20 patrons inside the restaurant dived to the floor at the sound of gunfire. Chester L. McLaurin, a bishop at Emmanuel Bible Center United Church of God in Christ, was sitting at a table nicknamed "Amen Corner" because he and several other pastors breakfast there every morning.

"Everybody was in hysterics pretty much," McLaurin said a few hours later as he sat at the same table and nursed a cup of coffee while officers finished examining his Toyota Avalon parked outside, its rear windshield shattered by gunfire. "We didn't know what the heck was going on."

An employee at a currency exchange at 75th and Vincennes heard the shots then saw the Intrepid speed through the intersection, slamming into the bus near its front door.

"I mean it was really going fast," said the employee, who identified himself only as Marc. "It hit that bus so hard, the guy didn't even apply the brakes."

A Fire Department spokesman said 11 people were taken to hospitals. Among them were three occupants of the Intrepid, police said.

No arrests had been made as of Tuesday evening, police said.

Hours after the shooting, as police inspected the cars struck by bullets, an officer looked at Myers in astonishment when he saw the bullet hole in the top of her driver's door. Myers had dropped off her 3-year-old daughter at a nearby preschool shortly before the shooting.

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