On September 25, 2024, 48-year-old Anthony Rivera of Los Angeles was fatally shot during the hijacking of a Metro bus after finishing his shift. Rivera, a former National Guardsman who worked as a parking lot attendant at Dodger Stadium, was on his way home when a 51-year-old man boarded the bus around 12:30 a.m. near Figueroa Street and Vernon Avenue in South Los Angeles and allegedly shot him multiple times.

The driver triggered a silent alarm that displayed emergency messages, prompting an LAPD slow-speed pursuit lasting about an hour. Officers used spike strips to stop the bus near South Alameda Street and 6th Street; SWAT deployed flash-bangs, the driver escaped through a window, and the suspect was taken into custody.

The suspect was charged with multiple felonies including murder, attempted murder, kidnapping during carjacking, carjacking, assault with a semi-automatic handgun, robbery, evading with reckless disregard, and possession of a firearm by a felon; prosecutors allege he personally used a handgun. Metro officials say they plan to install protective barriers for drivers and consider weapons detection technology to improve safety.

If anyone witnessed the incident or knew Anthony Rivera, can you share information that could help understand what happened that night?