A gunman hijacked a commuter bus in Atlanta, Georgia on June 12. There were 17 people on board the bus. The hijacker shot one of them with the passenger’s own gun, according to local authorities. Other passengers frantically texted loved ones and called 911 for help. 39-year-old felon Joseph Grier was identified as the gunman. He held the bus driver at gunpoint and forced him to drive away, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said. A rush-hour police chase zig-zagged across busy highway lanes and suburban streets as the bus led authorities across at least two counties, at times careening into other cars and crossing into opposing traffic. In the bus, a passenger surreptitiously stayed on the line with 911, allowing authorities to hear the commotion, Chief Schierbaum said. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said the chaos sounded like a movie scene as the suspect had “a gun to the head of a bus driver saying, ‘Don’t stop this bus or else worse will happen.’” When the bus finally ground to a halt on a tree-lined street in the suburb of Stone Mountain, passengers streamed out and Grier was arrested without incident, police said. The passenger that was shot aboard the bus was taken to a hospital, where they later died, officials said.