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A man is accused of shooting an RTA bus in Cleveland.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 21-year-old man awoke from a drunken nap in his friends car and opened fire on an RTA bus, according to police.

The Maple Heights man turned himself in to police a few hours after the Sunday morning shooting. He has not been formally charged. The driver of the car also faces criminal charges.

A 49-year-old bus driver suffered scrapes and scratches from flying glass and was treated at MetroHealth. The four passengers on the bus were not harmed.

The shooting happened about 3:45 a.m. at a red light on West 44th Street and Lorain Avenue in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood, police said.

The driver of the car, a 22-year-old Cleveland man, told police that he picked up his brother and the suspected shooter, a friend of his brother, from a party in Solon.

They drove to a home on Lake Avenue and Detroit Road to meet up with a woman, police reports say. They left and were driving back to the East Side. The 21-year-old man pulled out a gun, put it on his lap and fell asleep in the passenger seat, according to police reports.

The driver shook the 21-year-old man to wake him up and tell him to put the gun away. The man woke up, grabbed his gun and fired seven shots out of the passenger window, hitting the bus, according to police reports.

The suspected shooter pointed the gun at the driver and told him to drive, police reports say. The driver dropped the two men off on St. Clair Avenue and Earlwood Road. The driver left his car there and a called a woman for a ride, police reports say.

The suspected shooter called the driver and told him to report his car stolen. He also said "I won't let you go down for this." The man recorded the conversation and turned it over to police, according to police reports.

The woman drove to Cleveland Police's Second District so the 22-year-old man could turn himself in. The suspected shooter turned himself in to police a short time later.

Police said they are still searching for the man who sat in the backseat when the shooting happened.

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