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Teen Punches Kansas City Teacher on School Bus

Posted by: Steve Kaut
Email: kaut@nbcactionnews.com
Last Update: 11/26/2009 6:30 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City teenager allegedly punched a teacher in the face Tuesday night on a school bus.

The incident happened just before 10 p.m. at East 17th Street and Forest Avenue outside Manual Career Technical Center.

Police arrived to find the Central High School teacher sitting on the bus with a large welt on his forehead over his right eye, according to the police report.

The 27-year-old victim also had blood seeping from his nose.

He told officers he did not know what happened, according to the report.

Students on the school bus told police a 15-year-old boy knocked the teacher unconscious.

A female student on the bus having an asthma attack was punched in the chest.

The teacher and student were treated at hospitals for their injuries.

Police caught up with the suspect a few blocks away.

He was arrested and released to his mother.


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