A knife fight in the back of a city bus in Brooklyn prompted a stabbing victim to pull out a gun Wednesday night — sparking panic on the crowded B6 line.
Passengers started to push to the front of the bus as soon as fists started flying around 3 p.m. on the Flatlands route, the shaken driver, Jeffrey Berry, 58, told the Daily News.
“People were yelling ‘they’re fighting back there’ and everyone was trying to go out the front door,” said Berry, a 13-year MTA employee.
Passengers scurried off the bus when Berry pulled over at Ave. H near E. 56th St. The 19-year-old who’d been stabbed in the head and chest during the brawl also got off the bus, MTA officials said.
But the wounded man bounded back on board seconds later, his head and shirt covered in blood. He brandished a gun as he looked for his attackers, Berry said.
“He didn’t say a word,” said the driver. “He was looking for the people that did that to him. But they had taken off.”
The driver was horrified at the possibility the gunman might fire, he said.
“When a bullet starts flying, it’s got no name in it,” he said.
The critically wounded man sought help at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, but was rushed to King’s County Hospital, where he was in critical condition, cops said.
J.P. Patafio, a vice president with Transport Workers Union Local 100, said the violence highlights the perils of the job.
“My operators work under all kinds of conditions and difficult situations. They always rise to the occasion,” he said.
