BLOOMINGTON – Wednesday, at approximately 4:45 p.m., officers with the Bloomington Police Department responded to a report of an assault that had just occurred on a Bloomington Transit bus.
The assault reportedly occurred when the bus stopped at the intersection of West 4th Street and the B-Line Trail.
A witness that had been on the bus at the time the assault occurred followed the suspect on foot and provided responding officers with updated locations of the suspect until officers arrived in the area and detained the woman.
Investigators made contact with the victim, an 18-year-old woman from Carmel, and requested an ambulance respond to the scene. The victim was bleeding from her head. The female victim was then transported to an area hospital for treatment of her injuries.
The victim reported to investigators that she had been riding the Bloomington Transit bus and had stood up to exit the bus on 4th Street at the B-Line Trail. She said that as she was standing and waiting for the bus doors to open, another passenger on the bus began to strike her repeatedly in the head, which resulted in immediate pain.
The suspect, identified as 56-year-old Billie R. Davis, of Bloomington also exited the bus and began to walk toward Kirkwood Avenue.
Davis was detained and transported to the Monroe County Jail and booked in for the charge of Battery, a Level 5 felony.
Later, once the victim’s wounds had been cleaned at the hospital, it was determined that the victim had multiple stab wounds to her head.
Investigators were able to access camera footage from inside the bus which captured the assault. The footage showed that Davis and the victim had no interactions prior to Davis stabbing her multiple times in the head as the victim waited for the bus doors to open.
Davis was then re-interviewed by investigators at the Monroe County Jail. At the conclusion of the interview, her charge was amended to attempted murder, a Level 1 felony.
Anyone who witnessed the assault, or thinks they may have further information, is asked to call Detective Rob Shrake at 812-349-3352.
