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When talking about the incident, he said he heard voices on the intercom and from other passengers on the bus saying something "about a secret mission" and thought he was saving a woman and child.īennett's cash bail was set at $1 million. The complaint noted at the last stop before the stabbing took place, Bennett was seen on video getting off the bus with the knife in a sheath in his hand.ĭuring an interview with police, Bennett initially denied stabbing the victim but then admitted to doing so. Deputies later found a sharpening stone for a knife in Bennett's backpack.ĭeputies also discovered a knife with a wooden handle that was covered in what appeared to be blood on the bus. The passenger said he looked behind him and saw Bennett with a distressed look on his face. The victim fell into the passenger's arms and said something like "I have been stabbed." Bennett, his grandmother and the victim were all sitting in the back of the bus.Īnother passenger reported hearing a commotion, looked to the back of the bus and saw the victim covered in blood.
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Bennett, who was with his grandmother, was traveling from Florida to visit his mother.īennett's grandmother told deputies she was sleeping when the bus was on Interstate 94 and when she woke up, she saw the victim bleeding. They also discovered a knife sheath in the back of the bus.ĭeputies eventually identified Bennett as someone who was potentially involved in the incident. Deputies conducted a search of the bus and observed blood spattered in several areas. Passengers performed CPR on the man outside the bus, but life-saving measures were unsuccessful.Īfter the victim, who was not identified, was declared dead, all of the 14 passengers on the bus were removed via a backdoor. When deputies arrived, they found a man with an apparent knife wound to his neck who was unconscious and not breathing. The bus pulled off the interstate and parked in a lot on Westwood Drive. The bus driver called to report an injury to a male passenger who walked to the front of the bus to report that he had been assaulted.