Missouri sheriff’s deputy attacked while riding bus to work

OVERLAND, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say a St. Louis sheriff’s deputy was punched in the face three times while riding a public bus to work.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Deputy Corian Byrd said in an interview that he didn’t know his attacker. Byrd says the man looked at his uniform and badge as he sat down right next to him early Wednesday, despite the bus being mostly empty. Byrd described the attack as unprovoked and said he thinks he was targeted because he was in uniform. He says he and a passenger subdued the man until police arrived.

Police in Overland say an officer was driving to the scene of the assault when his patrol car was T-boned at an intersection. The officer and the driver of the other vehicle are OK.

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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com