MAN CUFFED FOR ROCK ATTACK ON BUS DRIVER

 

A MAN WHO ATTACKED AN ALBUQUERQUE CITY BUS DRIVER IS STILL IN THE METRO DETENTION CENTER MONDAY. POLICE SAY MICHAEL FISHER GOT ON THE BUS AROUND 1:30 PM AT SAN MATEO AND MONTGOMERY, THEN HIT THE DRIVER IN THE FACE WITH A ROCK. TWO HOMELESS MEN ON THE BUS FOLLOWED FISHER UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE. THE DRIVER IS RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES.

OUR NEWS PARTNER, EYEWITNESS NEWS 4, SAYS THE DRIVER WAS ATTACKED BECAUSE FISHER'S WIFE SAID HE'D DISCRIMINATED AGAINST HER AND THEIR CHILD BY NOT ALLOWING THEM ON THE BUS. HE ALLEGEDLY SAID THE TWO WERE JOY RIDING.