Police: Woman shot, Ohio school bus also hit

12/4/2013

LINCOLN HEIGHTS, Ohio — Police say a woman in a car was shot and a bullet struck a nearby school bus as multiple shots were fired at a suburban Cincinnati intersection.

Lincoln Heights police Lt. Laroy Smith says the woman was taken to a fire station and transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Smith says no students were aboard the bus when the bullet went through its back window. He says the bus driver wasn’t injured.

Smith says the bus was about two blocks from Lincoln Heights Elementary School when the shooting occurred around 3:30 this afternoon. He says the school was locked down as a precaution.

Smith says police do not believe the bus was the target. He declined to provide additional details while the investigation continues.