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Updated 12/01/2008 10:39 PM
Bus Driver Stabbed To Death In Brooklyn
Authorities are offering a $12,000 reward after a city bus driver was stabbed to death while on the job in Brooklyn Monday afternoon.
Police say 46-year-old Edwin Thomas died after receiving stab wounds to the neck and chest.
Thomas was operating a bus on the B46 line along Gates Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Witnesses say a man got on the bus and asked for a transfer.
When the Thomas told him he was not eligible, police say the suspect stabbed him twice: once in the stomach and once in the chest.
Thomas was taken to Woodhull Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Police are looking for the suspect, and are offering a $12,000 reward for any information leading to his arrest and conviction.
Anyone with information is being asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS or send a text to CRIMES and enter TIP577.
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