A man allegedly shot a fellow bus passenger following a confrontation where he tried to get an elderly rider away from the victim, who may have been smoking fentanyl on the bus.

According to court documents, a 35-year-old man was riding on a King County Metro bus on Nov. 7 when a woman on board allegedly started smoking fentanyl.

The man asked the smoker to stop, and informed the bus driver, court documents said. The man also noticed an elderly woman sitting nearby and was concerned that she could breathe in the noxious fumes, and encouraged her to move to the front of the bus.

In the police report, an officer said: “Strangely, [the man’s] genuine concern/contact with the elderly female angered the victim, who proceeded to confront him.”

Court documents say that a woman was allegedly s

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