Video shows mom smashing school bus window with hammer as students scream

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GLENDALE, Wis. – Prosecutors say a Wisconsin parent was caught on camera taking a hammer to a school bus as the students inside screamed in terror.

Surveillance cameras from inside a Nicolet High School bus in Glendale captured the wild scene, which took place in April after a woman learned that her daughter had just been in a fight with another girl, according to WITI.

The video shows a girl in an olive shirt walk up to another girl in pink and throw a punch. The girl in the pink hits back and the two continue to exchange blows for more than a  minute.

Both girls then called their mothers to tell them what happened, according to WITI. That's when things took a shocking turn.

Magan Gumbus



While still on the route near Mill Road and Willow Glen Court in Glendale, video shows a car swerve in front of the bus. Police would later identify the woman behind the wheel as the mother of one of the girls, 33-year-old Magan Gumbus.

Gumbus allegedly walked up to the bus with a hammer and started banging on the door.

The bus driver called into dispatch as she continued driving.


Gumbus cut off the bus again -- and banged the hammer a second time, causing the glass to break.


Gumbus' daughter began screaming to let her off the bus -- and even used a broom to try to bust out the window, according to WITI. The bus driver finally obliged.

In an interview with police, Gumbus said she had a "meltdown" when the bus driver wouldn't let her daughter off the bus -- adding that "her goal was not to attack or beat up any kids."

WITI received a statement from Nicolet School District and Riteway Transportation Company:


Gumbus has been charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct. The teens were both issued disorderly conduct citations.