A bus driver accused in the shooting deaths of two passengers following an argument should never have had a gun on board the day of the incident, officials say.
“Transit operators are not allowed to be armed,” Juan Mendieta, a spokesperson for Miami-Dade’s Department of Transportation and Public Works, told reporters with The Miami Herald.
This rule prohibits drivers from taking firearms with them to work even if they are legally allowed to carry them, reporters said in the article.
Police have released the name of a man they believe is responsible for the death of a 6-year-old on a bicycle who was killed in a Florida neighborhood on Jan. 18, according to reporting from the Miami Herald.
Francisco Arriola, 53, was charged with DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, DUI 3rd violation, operating a vehicle without a license causing death and running a stop sign, according to media. The incident happened around 5 p.m. on Jan. 18 in an Apopka mobile home park about a 20-mile drive northwest of Orlando. The child was riding his bike when police say Arriola, in a 2003 Chevy Suburban, ran a stop sign and hit him.
The child was taken to AdventHealth Apopka where he later died from his injuries.
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