Manitoba

Man charged with threatening to kill Winnipeg Transit driver, supervisor

A man who was under a court order to comply with driver requests that he leave a bus has been charged with threatening to kill a Winnipeg Transit driver and supervisor after becoming aggressive when they woke him up on a bus Wednesday.

Police say 18-year-old under court order to obey bus drivers refused to leave shortly after midnight Wednesday

A person is getting on a bus.
Winnipeg police charged a man with threatening to kill a bus driver and transit supervisor on Wednesday. (Austin Grabish/CBC)

A man has been charged with threatening to kill a Winnipeg Transit driver and supervisor after becoming aggressive when the pair woke him up on a bus early Wednesday.

Winnipeg police Const. Rob Carver said the man became "quite aggressive" shortly after midnight on the bus, which was stopped on Portage Avenue at Garry Street.

Police arrested the 18-year-old and found out he was under a court order to leave a bus if asked to do so by a driver.

Winnipeg police Const. Rob Carver said the man "has issues in terms of being disruptive and not obeying directions by people who are trying to manage these buses."

He's been charged with uttering threats and failing to comply with a court order.