Suspect In Custody After SEPTA Bus Driver Fatally Shot: Authorities

PHILADELPHIA — A SEPTA bus driver was fatally shot Thursday morning in Philadelphia and the suspect is in custody, according to authorities.

Police said the shooting occurred at about 10:27 a.m. on a Route 23 bus at Germantown and Abbottsford avenues.

The driver, a 48-year-old Bernard Gribbin, was shot six times in the chest and abdomen while driving the bus, police said.

Police said the suspect, a woman in her 20s, was seen getting off the bus and firing a shot at Gribbin.

She then got on and off several times while shooting at Gribbin.

He was taken to Einstein Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:36 a.m.

Gribbin was a 12-year employee of SEPTA.

SEPTA said at about 12:30 p.m. that the suspect as taken into custody by its own police force at a nearby gas station.

It's unclear what led to the shooting, but authorities said the incident was captured on camera.

Anyone who has information on the shooting should contact Philadelphia Police at 215-686-8477 or SEPTA Transit Police at 215-580-8111.