Asaahdi Coleman, Oroville Greyhound bus shooter, convicted

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — A Sacramento man was sentenced Friday after shooting and killing several people on a Greyhound bus in Oroville in February 2022.

According to the Butte County Prosecutor's Office, Asaahdi Coleman, 23, was sentenced to 74 years to life in prison.

Coleman got on the bus in Redding on February 2, 2022 and sat in the back.

The bus, which was headed to Los Angeles, stopped in Chico, at which point passengers reported that Coleman was acting “paranoid and agitated.” A conversation about Los Angeles led Coleman to show people on board that he had a gun.

Then, once at a convenience store in Oroville, Coleman began shooting as people were exiting the bus, leaving 43-year-old Karen Dalton dead and four others injured.

He dropped his gun at a nearby construction site, ran to a Walmart, fought with a woman's boyfriend and stripped naked before being arrested.

At the time, the sheriff said Coleman believed one of the passengers was an undercover agent and had a warrant out of Alameda County for a probation violation.

Karen Dalton was traveling with her two children from Washington to New Mexico at the time of the shooting. His 11-year-old daughter was among those injured in the shooting.

The girl addressed the court via remote video Friday and told them she still had recurring nightmares after the fatal shooting.

Another victim, Bobby Farber, 34, spoke from his wheelchair and told the court he was permanently paralyzed from the shooting and felt constant pain. He was injured while protecting Dalton's children from gunfire.

Another victim, Rose Whitley, 27, said she suffered constant tailbone pain from shrapnel. She was pregnant at the time of the shooting and gave birth prematurely.

Butte County Prosecutor Mike Ramsey said that — despite the sentence — Coleman is eligible for parole after 25 years because of California's juvenile offender parole law.

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