A video of an Oklahoma boy being bullied and kicked off his school bus has gone viral and the local police department has now launched an investigation into the case. Reports state that the clip was filmed by another student on the bus and shows a child crying and pleading with the driver to let him stay on the bus.
The boy can also be heard asking the driver to let him out at his house instead of the bus stop. However, the driver refuses and yells at the teenager to get off the bus and the terrified boy continues sobbing.
The clip shows that as the boy gets off the bus, an older boy waiting for him at the stop immediately jumps at him and attacks him.
The incident reportedly occurred at the Four Corners Church of God bus stop last week and the bus was from the Locust Grove Public Schools, according to News On 6 reports. Although the incident occurred last week, police officials were alerted about it on Thursday.
The boy can be heard: “You’re gonna kill and try to punch me,” before he is yelled to get down at the bus stop.
Major Rod Howell of the Mayes County Sheriff’s Office, while talking to KFSM, said: “The video is alarming itself and obviously, it’s enough to start an investigation.” The official added that authorities are also looking over additional videos taken from another cell phone and two cameras that were on the bus at the time of the incident.
“Not just visual but audio,” Howell added. “That could possibly give us something of evidentiary value but it’s too early to tell.”
Meanwhile, the school district released a statement saying that they had launched their own internal investigation concerning the incident.
“Locust Grove Public Schools had an incident take place January 17th on one of our school buses involving two students,” the district said in a statement on Thursday. “The incident was turned over to law enforcement and the Mayes County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a complete investigation. The students’ and bus driver’s actions have been addressed internally.”