Prosecutor calls suspected bus hijacker violent and erratic - The Washington Post
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"In the gas station’s parking lot, police said, he jumped two curbs and weaved the bus between gas pumps before approaching Payne,who was throwing trash into a bin. The court affidavit says Loving, “in an apparent effort to leave the parking lot, propelled the bus forward and turned the bus directly towards the decedent.” Payne’s legs were pinned under the bus; a bystander pulled him free, though Payne died shortly after arriving at a hospital.
Payne’s relatives could not be reached Wednesday. He lived on the second floor of a three-story apartment building on W Street in LeDroit Park. His downstairs neighbor, Mary Anthony, 52, said he moved there in 1999 and lived alone.
Anthony said Payne picked up odd jobs here and there. “He was always helping people,” Anthony said, noting he had recently cleaned her oven. “He didn’t have much, but he helped you with what he had.”
Two workers at the Crown Station said Payne occasionally stopped in to barter. On Tuesday, they gave him chips and a soda for taking out the trash, the task he was performing when he was hit by the bus."
What a legacy! “He was always helping people,” Anthony said, noting he had recently cleaned her oven. “He didn’t have much, but he helped you with what he had.”
I believe that Anthony Payne is in a much better place now.
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