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In an undated photo provided by the Greater Dayton RTA, bus driver Rickey Wagoner poses for a photo. Wagoner's story that a religious book in his shirt pocket blocked bullets as he was attacked by three black men isn't supported by evidence and testing, Dayton, Ohio, police said Wednesday, June 18, 2014, as they closed the case, which had been investigated as a possible hate crime. (AP Photo/Greater Dayton RTA via Dayton Daily News)

Bus driver who said Bible saved him from bullets outed as fake, police say

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Ohio bus driver on leave during shooting probe

Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) shows bus driver Rickey Wagoner. Wagoner, 49, of Trotwood, told Dayton police he was standing outside the bus early Monday morning, Feb. 24, 2014, when he was shot three times, with one bullet hitting his leg, and stabbed in the arm. Wagoner told police he fought back, grabbed the gun and the attackers ran away. A biblical booklet in Wagoner's shirt pocket apparently helped him survive the shooting. Police say they are looking for three suspects. (AP Photo/Greater Dayton RTA via The Dayton Daily News) LOCAL PRINT OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WKEF-TV OUT; WRGT-TV OUT; WDTN-TV OUT

Bus driver shooting probed as possible hate crime

By LISA CORNWELL - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) shows bus driver Rickey Wagoner. Wagoner, 49, of Trotwood, told Dayton police he was standing outside the bus early Monday morning, Feb. 24, 2014, when he was shot three times, with one bullet hitting his leg, and stabbed in the arm. Wagoner told police he fought back, grabbed the gun and the attackers ran away. A biblical booklet in Wagoner's shirt pocket apparently helped him survive the shooting. Police say they are looking for three suspects. (AP Photo/Greater Dayton RTA via The Dayton Daily News) LOCAL PRINT OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WKEF-TV OUT; WRGT-TV OUT; WDTN-TV OUT

Police: Ohio driver’s bible booklet stops bullet

By LISA CORNWELL - Associated Press

A hand-lettered manuscript Bible dating to around 1240 (left) is seen next to a printed Bible of the same size from 1495 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. The university is, for the first time in one exhibit, displaying its collection of early printed books that provide a glimpse of the era when printed books were replacing hand-copied manuscripts. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Bible saves bus driver from assailants’ bullets

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times