Suspect faces multiple charges in deadly Los Angeles bus hijacking, including murder and kidnapping of innocent passengers.

The Los Angeles District Attorney announced charges against the man who allegedly killed a passenger while hijacking a Metro bus last week.

Prosecutors filed murder, kidnapping, robbery, and carjacking charges Monday against the man suspected of hijacking an LA Metro bus last week, murdering a passenger, and leading police on an hour-long chase through downtown Los Angeles.

The man accused of hijacking an L.A. Metro bus and killing one passenger faces a dozen charges, including murder, robbery and kidnapping, after refusing to appear in court Monday. Why it matters: A passenger, 48-year-old Anthony Rivera, was shot and killed when Lamont Campbell, 51, allegedly hijacked the Metro bus last week in South Los Angeles.

A man accused of fatally shooting a passenger aboard a Metro bus then hijacking the vehicle and sparking a chase from South Los Angeles to downtown was charged on Monday, Sept. 20, with murder and other counts.

Anthony Rivera was shot multiple times while riding a Metro bus on his way home from a shift at Dodger Stadium as a parking lot attendant.

One person is dead after a gunman hijacked a Los Angeles city bus overnight, leading police in a pursuit for more than an hour before the suspect was taken into custody.

Family members of Anthony Rivera, the man who was killed when he was shot by a gunman hijacked a Metro bus last week, gathered in Rosemead on Sunday to honor their lost loved one.

The man accused of killing an innocent bus passenger during a bus hijacking is due in court.