A 27-year-old woman suspected of assaulting an L.A. Dash bus operator, along with a passenger and a law enforcement officer in South Los Angeles, was in custody, police said Monday.
Officers responded to the 3400 block of South Central Avenue, near Jefferson Boulevard, around 12:55 p.m. Sunday regarding a battered bus operator and passenger, according to Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Drake Madison.
Video footage shows the woman attacking the bus operator as the driver attempted to fight back to defend herself from the attacker. According to KTLA, reports from the scene obtained by the video news service Onscene.TV presumed the woman had assaulted the driver after the operator refused to accept her money for the ride due to Dash buses being free of charge.
Theresa Avina was eventually taken into custody, but not before she allegedly assaulted an officer with a deadly weapon, Madison said.
It was unclear precisely what weapon allegedly was used to assault the officer.
Avina was initially booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and remained in custody with a bail set at $50,000.
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