Boys Sought in School Bus Fire

WERE OUT OF WARWICK, NEW JERSEY. WE WERE UNABLE TO GET COMMENT FROM THAT COMPANY. CHRISTINE, THANK YOU. A GROUP OF BROOKLYN BOYSMENTED BY THE MYPD AFTER POLICE SAY THEY TORCHED A BUS IN FRONT OF A JEWISH SCHOOL. AN 11-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN ARRESTED, AND INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT THIS GROUP MIGHT BE LINKED TO OTHER HATE CRIMES. WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION FROM CROWN HEIGHTS. Reporter: KRISTINE, POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THREE POSSIBLE HATE CRIMES BUT THIS IS THE LATEST, DISTURBING, A BUS CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE WINDOWS CHARRED OUT. POLICE. THE SUSPECTS CAUGHT WORRY IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THE NYPD TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE KIDS WHO TORCHED THIS SCHOOL BUS IN CROWN HEIGHTS. THE SUSPECTS ARE BETWEEN 10 AND 15-YEAR-OLD. I SAW THE THING BURN. MY NEIGHBORS CALLED AND SAID, HEY, THE BUS IS ON FIRE. Reporter: NAC HMANZEKIND USED TO DRIVE THIS BUS. POLICE ARE CALLING THIS A HATE CRIME BECAUSE IT SITS IN FRONT OF AN ORTHODOX SCHOOL. THESE KIDS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULLEST BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A HATE CRIME. THERE ARE 3 OR 4 BUSES PARKED OUT HERE EVERY DAY. THESE BUSES SHOULD BE IF -- IN A GARAGE, LOCKED. Reporter: YOU CAN SEE THE SUSPECTS GET ON THE BUS CARRYING CARDBOARD AND TAKE OFF WHEN IT BURSTS INTO FLAMES. ONE COMES BACK WITH HIS CELL PHONE TO TAKE PICTURES. THE ONE IN CUSTODY IS 11 YEARS OLD. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS? Reporter: SOMEONE LAUNCHED A BRICK AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL BUS. POLICESAY THERE WERE NO KIDS ON THAT BUS WHEN IT HAPPENED. THIS IS -- IT'S MORE THAN A VIOLATION. Reporter: PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FEEL UNSETTLED CONSIDERING THAT A JEWISH MAN IN THE SAME AREA WAS TARGETED WHEN SOMEONE THREW RUBBER BANDS AND ROCKS AND A STICK AT HIM. WHEN HE APPROACHED THE PERPETRATORS, HE WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE. WE ARE ON HIGH ALERT AND WE ARE TOLD THEY ARE ON HIGH ALERT. Reporter: HERE'S ANOTHER LIVE LOOK AT THE BURNED-UP SCHOOL BUS. POLICESAY IT WILL STAY HERE UNTIL ARSON INVESTIGATORS FINISH LOOKING INTO THE CASE. THE 11-YEAR-OLD BOY UNDER ARREST, HE IS CHARGED WITH