The two juveniles accused of killing a MARTA driver over bus fare will remain in police custody following their first appearance on Monday afternoon.
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Bus Driver Shot Dead Following Dispute Over $2.50 Fare
Leroy Ramos was working his bus route for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) when an argument ensued between him and a group of three juveniles at Decatur Station.
Family members of the victim are raising money and rallying for support against violence impacting public service workers nationwide.
MARTA police said the man who shot and killed a bus driver has turned himself in to police and has been charged with murder. The shooting left 47-year-old bus operator Leroy Ramos dead. Cell phone ...
MARTA General Manager, CEO Collie Greenwood released a statement where he spoke about the “unprecedented tragedy.” ...
WSB-TV reports that while at the station, three teens engaged in an argument with Ramos because they refused to pay their $2.50 bus fare for the ride. Things got heated as one teen threatened to spit ...
Leroy Ramos was "the type of man that would show up for anyone and everyone, even if he didn’t know them," his family wrote on a GoFundMe page GoFundMe A Georgia bus driver who was fatally shot ...
According to MARTA police, three juveniles argued with Ramos on Jan. 3 at the Decatur Station. The dispute was suspected to be over a $2.50 fare, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other news ...
“Leroy Ramos wasn’t just a bus driver,” a GoFundMe fundraising page states. “He was a loving husband, a loving father, but overall, he was a kind-hearted person who came from humble ...
Ramos’ family said he had been threatened by a passenger on a different route just a day before he was fatally shot. His daughter, Timmaya Ramos-Beavers, told the AJC that he was substituting for ...
A Georgia bus driver who was fatally shot in a dispute over a $2.50 fare is being remembered for his resiliency and compassion for others. Leroy Ramos was working his regular bus loop for the ...
Leroy Ramos was "the type of man that would show up for anyone and everyone, even if he didn’t know them," his family wrote ...