Bus Driver Claims Someone Shot At School Bus

About This Item

KRON News footage from October 17th 1969 by Jack Bates featuring an interview with a school bus driver who claims that someone fired a shot at the bus she was driving. The Zodiac killer had mailed a letter to the San Francisco Chronicle on October 14th in which he stated: "School children make nice targets I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning" and Bates frames this alleged incident in that context. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
10/17/1969
Recording medium
16mm color magentic sound film
1:55
Rights for this video belong to
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Type of material
local newsfilm
Identifier
KRON 2129-4
Views
5881

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