One person fatally shot when hijacked Atlanta bus leads to police chase

Atlanta police said one person was fatally shot on a commuter bus Tuesday afternoon that led officers on a chase for miles from the city into neighboring suburbs, with television news footage showing it barreling through rush hour traffic and striking several vehicles.

News helicopters followed the dramatic pursuit of the Gwinnett County Transit bus, which police said took off after officers responded to a report of gunfire on a bus and a possible hostage situation just after 4:30 p.m. near downtown Atlanta.

"Our initial call was of a gunman on the bus, that was holding hostages, and possibly there had been a discharged weapon," Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said in a Tuesday evening news conference.