Gun-wielding madman on the loose after flashing two firearms at NYC bus driver: cops
An unhinged man brazenly flashed a pair of guns at a Bronx bus driver Saturday afternoon, police said.
The terrifying episode happened around 12:50 p.m. just as the BX41 driver stopped at 170th Street and Webster Avenue in Claremont and asked a man waiting for the bus to step inside the vehicle, cops said.
'I should shoot you,' he seethed at the 37-year-old female driver, while pointing at least one of the weapons at her, a police source told The Post.
The hothead quickly exited the bus and ran off, cops said, adding that he was last seen wearing a black jacket.
There were no injuries, and it was not immediately known what type of guns he flashed.
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