Boy, 13, arrested after allegedly shooting man on bus, US police say

A 13-year-old boy is accused of fatally shooting a man whose leg was blocking the aisle on a US public bus, police said Friday.

The boy, whose name has not been released because he is a juvenile, got into a "verbal exchange" with the 60-year-old victim before shooting him on the bus in south-west Denver on January 27, police said in a statement.

A second person suffered minor injuries that did not require hospitalisation.

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The suspect was arrested Thursday and was being held for investigation on suspicion of first-degree murder.

No other information was released, and the probable cause statement was not publicly available because the suspect is a minor.