Oct 6, 2008 5:51 pm US/Central
Tough Questions After 2nd Teen Killed On CTA Bus
Students Say Riding Bus Shouldn't Be Matter Of Life And Death
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
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Kiyanna Salter, 17, was shot and killed late Sunday on a CTA bus rolling through the South Side's Grand Crossing neighborhood.
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Chicago teenager Kiyanna Salter death comes just 18 months after another Chicago teen, Blair Holt, was gunned down on a CTA bus. He, too, was a student at Percy Julian High School and an innocent victim of gunfire.
As CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports, students there say riding the bus shouldn't be a question of life and death.
Chicago and CTA police officers looked for clues Monday just up the street from where Salter was shot in the face and killed while riding on the No. 71 bus. That's the same bus that Latecia Means takes to and from work.
"I pray every day before I get on the bus," Means said.
Means hasn't seen anyone lose their life on a bus, but she has seen people lose property. Once, she said, a robber wrestled a phone from her friend while Means was speaking with her.
"I was on the phone with her while he took her phone. And he got on the phone with me and said this is no longer her phone," Means said. "And I was witness to a young lady that got robbed on the bus Saturday night."
But Sunday night it wasn't robbery but murder when a gunman got off the bus and then fired back into it, hitting Salter.
The shooting happened here at 71st and Woodlawn, but the bus driver didn't stop there, instead hitting the gas and driving all the way to Cottage Grove.
With the bus out of the line of fire, Salter was rushed to the hospital.
Students at the school we're aware of their classmate's death and we're asking tough questions as they prepared to board CTA busses.
Julian freshman Lisa Cobbs wonders who is going to be shot and killed next. It's an unanswerable question that has students looking over their shoulders on the bus.
"I'm going to be cautious about taking it… watch my surroundings everywhere I go now since people are getting killed out here," said sophomore Jamarr Shell.
The two teens were killed on buses that many passengers say they have no choice but to ride.
Many riders say CTA police shoudl be riding the buses on some routes late at night.
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