NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- An MTA bus was struck by a bullet in East Harlem on Sunday afternoon, but no one was injured, police said amid reports that some bus operators have been asking for bulletproof vests.
The M101 bus was traveling near E. 125th Street and Lexington Avenue at 2:15 p.m. when shots rang out, according to witnesses and police.
Witnesses said someone wearing a red hoodie fired as many as a dozen rounds from the street, with one bullet striking the bus.
The bullet was lodged into the side of the bus—just inches away from a woman who was seated inside.
No one was injured in the shooting, and no arrests have been made, according to police.
Donald Yates, of Transport Workers Union Local 100, said this is the fourth time a city bus has been hit by gunfire in the last six months.
“Bus routes go through all of this madness,” Yates told WCBS-TV on Sunday. “And it’s like repeating the 1970s. It’s like the wild, wild West out there.”
Some bus operators believe it's gotten so dangerous that they're asking for bulletproof vests, TWU Local 100's Richie Davis told the New York Post.
“It’s dangerous out there, too dangerous, and our bus operators are defenseless,” Davis said. “Some of them are asking for bulletproof vests.”
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