Advertisement Surveillance video shows mother's alleged assault on school bus driver Kiesha Shannon, 28, faces assault charge Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Cincinnati police have released surveillance video of an alleged assault inside a school bus. The alleged attack happened in front of a bus full of young elementary school kids on their way to St. Joseph Catholic School. Kiesha Shannon, 28, of Westwood, is accused of beating her 5-year-old daughter’s bus driver, Deamber Martin, on Oct. 18. Mobile users can watch the surveillance video here According to a police report, Shannon blocked the bus with her car, then pried the door open and confronted the woman driving the bus. Shannon can be heard on video saying, "That was just so ignorant. Did you see me coming on the bus though, right? You see me getting my baby on this bus though, right? You see me giving her a hug though, right? And if I punch you in the (expletive) face, you going to be sorry as hell. Get on the bus!” In the heat of the moment, Martin said she went into defense mode. “I was thinking, ’Oh crap. The bus is running, the kids are everywhere,’ but my life is in danger, you know, I’m in danger, we’re all in danger,” said Martin. Students can be heard crying out in the video, “Mommy, Mommy!” Martin said the mother was upset with her because she wasn’t able to board the bus late. Parents yelled out on the surveillance video, “Come on, come on, these babies need a bus driver, these babies need a bus driver!” Two adults boarded the bus and tried to intervene. The alleged attack goes on for several minutes on tape as the students scream and cry in the background. Martin said the irate mother pulled the keys out of the ignition, and the recording then stopped, but she added that the fight did not end there. “This is my right ear being bitten,” said Martin. “She was able to scratch my face, leaving the bruises, poked my right eye, broke a blood vessel.” Shannon faces misdemeanor assault charges. Martin said she’s been on light duty since the incident and has headaches and blurry vision, but her heart goes out to her students. “For them to have to see their bus driver go into defense mode like that, again, it was scary,” said Martin. Now, Martin looks forward to her day in court. “No bus driver should ever have to experience what I went through,” said Martin. Kiesha Shannon is scheduled to be back in court for a pre-trial hearing on Nov. 9 at 9 a.m.