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Bus Ride Turns Deadly
05/13/08 MRC/CJ
Timothy D. Barbour tried
to defuse a scuffle that broke out on a TARC bus Saturday
night.
But in the process,
gunfire erupted, killing the 26-year-old Barbour and
wounding another man who also tried to help, according to
Lieutenant Barry Wilkerson, head of the Louisville Metro
Police homicide unit.
Police arrested
22-year-old Apollo R. Avery, charging him with murder,
first-degree assault and several counts of wanton
endangerment.
Homicide detectives are
continuing to investigate. Police are reviewing video from
a surveillance camera on the bus.
The incident happened
about 10:40 p.m. at 10th Street and Broadway, in front of
the Transit Authority of River City's Union Station
headquarters.
Police said an
altercation apparently broke out on the bus between some
men and women. At some point, Barbour and the injured man
got involved, apparently to try to break up the argument.
The driver pulled over to
let people off the bus at the intersection, and shots were
fired.
Barbour was taken to
University Hospital, where he died at 11:19 p.m.,
according to Jo Ann Farmer, Jefferson County chief deputy
coroner.
After the shooting, the
driver moved the bus, which had other passengers on board,
to Ninth and Kentucky streets, police said.
The injured man, who had
remained on board, was taken to the hospital from there
with injuries that did not appear to be life threatening,
according to Officer Phil Russell, a police spokesman.
Barry Barker, TARC's
executive director, said the agency is cooperating with
the investigation.
He said standard
operating procedure is to move a bus away from a bad
situation if possible out of concern for the safety of the
passengers.
He said officials plan to
look at policies and procedures to see if anything needs
to be changed.
Police are asking anyone
with information about the shooting to call the anonymous
tip line at 574-LMPD.
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