WEST PARK, Fla. – A Fort Lauderdale man accused of shooting a fellow Broward County Transit bus passenger dead after an argument is now behind bars.
Mario Alphonso Williams, 51, faces a charge of premeditated murder in the Sunday shooting death of Joseph Jackson, 42, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
Deputies say that when the bus stopped and Jackson went to exit, Williams opened fire, shooting Jackson multiple times in the back.
Family members say Jackson was bipolar and schizophrenic, and that he talked to himself frequently.
They’re wondering if that set off the altercation on the bus, and wondering why it had to lead to violence.