According to her father’s statement in the FIR, the student regularly faced harassment from the bus driver. “The driver harassed her regularly and she often couldn’t sit in the bus, which caused her significant distress,” he stated.When she approached the principal to lodge a complaint, she allegedly met hostility rather than support. Instead of addressing her concerns, the principal reportedly assaulted her. In frustration, she ultimately jumped from the third floor of the building, her father said. .
The Los Angeles Police Department encircled a bus following the reports of hostage situation at the intersection of South Alameda Street and 6th Street.