Johnson County Deputies took a 10-year-old boy into custody on Thursday after they say he pulled out a knife on a school bus.
(FOX)- A 16-year-old Rio Vista High School student found herself confronting the danger directly to protect others on that bus.
Alexis Landry may only be 16 years old but is wise beyond her years. She found herself playing the role of protector and used her body to shield her classmates from a boy with a knife.
“He made a hand gesture towards someone with the knife in his hand,” she recalled. “And he was putting it up to a little boy’s throat.”
The bus driver pulled over near a bridge on County Road 1109 to call 911. Three of the older kids jumped out the rear emergency exit, and the boy with the knife followed. According to Landry, the boy suddenly reappeared from the front door.
Landry says her only concern was for the other kids. She told the other students she wouldn’t let the boy hurt them.