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KMBC 9 NEWS,
KMBC.COM OR OUR MOBILE APP.
TWO PASSENGERS STARTED
FIGHTING ON A METRO BUS.
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE.
A WARNING, THE VIDEO YOU ARE
ABOUT TO SEE IS HARD TO WATCH.
BRIAN JOHNSON HAS THE STORY.
SIX HITS TO THE HEAD IN SIX
SECONDS ANDST T DOES NOT STOP
THERE.
MORE THAN 30 SECONDS THE MAN IN
THE YELLOW VEST PUNCHES THE
OTHER PASSENGER NINE TIMES.
IT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
AFTERNOON.
WITNESSES SAY DISPUTE BETWEEN
TWO DRUNK PASSENGERS ESCALATED
OUT OF CONTROL.
IN THIS CASE THE SILENT ALARM
ON OUR BUSES WAS ACTIVATED AND
THEN THE OPERATOR WENT BACK TO
ADDRESS THE SITUATION WITH THE
OTHER PASSENGERS, BREAK UP THE
FIGHT.
WHEN THE FIGHT ENDED BOTH GOT
OFF THE BUS AND THE METRO
CONTINUED AS IF NOTHING HAD
HAPPENED.
THE MAN WHO EMILD US THAT
VIDEO WOULD NOT APPEAR ON
CAMERA.
HE SAID THE VIDEO IS EVIDENCE OF
A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN AND HE'S
UPSET THE POLICE WERE NEVER
CALLED.
ANYONE ON THE BUS IS WELCOMED
OR INVITED TO CALL THE POLICE.
BY THE TIME THAT WE COULD HAVE
CALLED THE POLICE, IT SOUNDS
LIKE THE INCIDENT WAS PRETTY
MUCH OVER.
WHEN THE SUPERVISOR MET UP
WITH THE BUS, BOTH MEN WERE
GONE.
THE RIGHT CALL IS THAT THE
OPERATOR NOTIFIED DISPATCH WHEN
IT HAPPENED AND DISPATCH
ADDRESSED IT BY SENDING A
SUPERVISOR.
IN KANSAS CITY, BRIAN JOHNSON
KMBC 9 NEWS.
ABOUT 90% OF THE K.C. BUSES
ARE EQUIPPED WITH VIDEO