Anthony Bland was charged Wednesday with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, reckless discharge of a firearm and criminal damage to property.
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State police previously said a person was in custody after shots were fired inside a Pace bus on the Bishop Ford Expressway near 130th Street Tuesday afternoon.
A Pace spokesperson said there was a fight between passengers on the bus and shots were fired about 3:45 p.m. State police said Bland was identified as the suspect in the shooting.
No one onboard the bus was injured, Pace and state police confirmed.
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The #353 bus, which services the South Side of Chicago and a number of south suburbs, ended up stopping on the shoulder for about an hour, but no lanes of traffic were blocked.
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It's unclear how many passengers were onboard the bus at the time of the shooting.
Two men were seen being placed into the back of a cruiser, but they were not in handcuffs. They were apparently brought to the police station for questioning.
Bland is being held at Cook County Jail with no bond.