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2/1/23
By: Emerson DeSalle
This is a photo of Billie Davis
4:45 p.m. Wednesday, January the 11th, a week before Martin Luther King Jr Day, on Bus 1777, an attempted murder happened. A female student of Indiana University was attacked by a 56 year old woman because the student was Asian.
Billie Davis, a Bloomington resident, allegedly stabbed an 18 year old university student. According to the student, she was waiting at the exit door when the passenger (Davis) started striking her head. “Would be one less person to blow up this country,” said Billie Davis.
“Would be one less person to blow up this country,” said Billie Davis.
This is a photo of a bus from Indiana university
This is a photo of a part of Indiana university
Despite the public report and concern, the victim’s name was not released. Doctors found many wounds on the victims head.
According to the confirmed written statement, Davis stabbed her victim in the head with a folding knife. Footage from the bus shows Davis stabbed the victim 7 times in her head. Afterwards, Davis put the knife in her pocket and sat back down in her seat. Davis later exited the bus and went on with her day. Footage from the bus also showed no interaction between the two women before the attack. A witness who was also riding the bus followed Davis soon after, was the person who turned Davis in to the police. An email from The Asian Culture Center at Indiana University said, “We should not be fearing for our lives on public transportation. Taking the bus should not feel dangerous.” Soon after the public report, Davis was booked into the Monroe County Jail.
“We should not be fearing for our lives on public transportation. Taking the bus should not feel dangerous.”
According to court records Davis has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery. “We are outraged and heartbroken by this unprovoked act of violence, but we also worry for the well-being of our community,” stated The Asian Culture Center. We do not know how long Davis will be in jail. Davis’s victim is still alive, and is still recovering in the hospital.
“We are outraged and heartbroken by this unprovoked act of violence, but we also worry for the well-being of our community,”
Contributive Bio
Emerson DeSalle is a 6th grader that likes the color purple hanging out with her friends and making crafts with her grandma.
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