Winnipeg transit union raises concerns over violence after bus driver has gun pointed at him [Video]

The executive vice-president of Winnipeg’s transit union is raising concerns over an increase in violent incidents on buses after an operator allegedly had a gun pointed at him early Friday morning in front of police headquarters.

According to Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1505’s Derek Hanley, around 12:30 a.m., a bus driver picked up a group of passengers along his route towards Graham Avenue in the city’s downtown core.

Hanley said as the operator turned onto Graham Avenue, the group got into a fight. The driver told him one person pulled out a gun and began pointing it at other passengers before running up to the front of the bus and pointing it at the operator.

“He pointed the gun at the shield and said, ‘Let me off this bus right here.’ It was right in front of the police building,” Hanley recalled the driver telling him.

After he was …