Police: Gunshots Hit Jefferson City School Bus

Authorities say that gunfire has struck a Jefferson City school bus loaded with 21 students.

The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports that no students were hurt Wednesday. But police say a person who wasn't aboard the bus was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound.

After the gunfire, the bus driver continued to drive another six blocks before stopping. Fifteen parents came to the scene to pick up their children while another bus drove the other six children home.

Mother Pearletha Gray says police gathered parents to assure them the children were unharmed. Gray's 7-year-old daughter was sitting near where a bullet struck and took out a window. Gray says her daughter was "crying hysterically."

Public schools Superintendent Larry Linthacum says he's "grateful none of our students were hurt."