COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman reportedly showed a loaded gun to a COTA bus driver on Tuesday after the driver said she did not have any money on her bus card.
Columbus police said Bettie Smith got on the bus at 11th Avenue and Cleveland Avenue just before 4 p.m.
Smith tried to use her bus pass but there was no money on the card. The driver said she'd have to pay to ride unless she had another pass, police said.
Court documents from the Franklin County Municipal court state that Smith then pulled out a loaded gun and pointed it at the driver, demanding that he take her where she wanted to go.
After hitting an alarm to alert police, the driver stopped at 11th Avenue and High Street where he got off the bus and officers got on the bus and arrested Smith.
Smith was charged with abduction. No one was hurt in the incident.