Terrified mom raced to scene in Bridgeport after boy fired gun on son's bus
A mother rushed to Minnie Miñoso Academy in Bridgeport after a student reportedly fired a gun on a school bus Monday afternoon. Laquita Anderson arrived at the scene after her 12-year-old son failed to return home and school officials notified her of an "accident" involving the vehicle.
<p>Laquita Anderson's 12-year-old son gets off the school bus every day no later than 2:47 p.m. </p><p>When her son, Jimele Richardson, who has autism, wasn’t home by 2:55 p.m. Monday, a frantic Anderson began making calls and eventually rushed to Minnie Miñoso Academy, 3527 S. Wallace St. in Bridgeport, after the school called her to report "an accident on the bus." </p><p>"I'm thinking like one of the buses had hit another because it happened before," Anderson,…
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