Victim of fatal Culver CityBus shooting was longtime bus driver, loving family man – Los Angeles Times

Victim of fatal Culver CityBus shooting was longtime bus driver, loving family man  Los Angeles Times

Additional details in the fatal Culver CityBus shooting have emerged, including the identities of the victim and the suspected gunman. The shooting occurred Thursday evening in Mar Vista and claimed the life of bus driver Bruce Rodriguez, a 42-year-old man whose family remembered his dedication to his loved ones, including his parents and his two sons, a 3-year-old and a 6-month-old. "Bruce served his community from behind the wheel. The role he loved most was at home, where he got to be a husband and a dad," Kathy Sanchez, Rodriguez's sister-in-law, said in the description of a GoFundMe campaign seeking aid for his survivors. "Bruce was his family’s primary provider.

He took great pride in caring for the people he loved," added Sanchez, the organizer for the fundraiser. After the shooting, which occurred near the intersection of South Centinela and Mitchell avenues, a man with a head wound was taken off the Culver CityBus, according to a witness. Police said responding officers found the bus driver unresponsive in his seat. Officials determined Rodriguez suffered a gunshot wound, and paramedics transported him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Attorney Denisse Gastélum confirmed to The Times that Rodriguez was killed in the shooting. She also shared that a co-worker-organized memorial celebrating Rodriguez's life will take place Saturday evening at the