Gunman hijacks L.A. Metro bus; wild chase ends with 1 dead

A gunman hijacked a Metro bus and led Los Angeles police on a wild chase that ended with one passenger dead in downtown L.A. early Wednesday, according to police.

For more than an hour, a cavalry of officers in police SUVs followed the bus as it slowly made its way from Vermont Knolls in South Los Angeles north into downtown, where it ultimately came to a stop after police used spike strips…