A man who threatened to kill a family of four on a crowded Metrobus in March has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. announced Wednesday.

In March of this year, Ricardo Rush, 29, pulled out an “Uzi-style semi-automatic pistol” on a bus in Southeast D.C. and threatened to kill two parents and their two young children, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of D.C.

Court documents said Rush boarded the bus only a few minutes before the family, which sat in the row in front of Rush. It was just after 11:30 a.m. that Rush began to harass the family. At one point, he stood up and waved the gun in the mother’s face.

The bus subsequently pulled over, prompting Rush to momentarily step off before pointing the gun toward the woman again an

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