PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – Eight Philadelphia high school students were injured by gunfire from suspects who leaped from a car and opened fire on Wednesday while the children were waiting to board a city bus after classes, according to police.
This is the fourth shooting on the transit system in four days.
At a press conference, Kevin Bethel, the city’s police commissioner, stated that at least one student, a 16-year-old who had been struck nine times, was critically injured at the bus stop.
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The condition of the others remained stable.
Around 3:00 p.m., according to Bethel, three individuals got out of the waiting car. They opened fire, shooting over thirty rounds at the Northeast High School students, who were between the ages of fifteen and seventeen.
According to police spokesperson Tanya Little, police then received multiple 911 calls regarding a “mass shooting on the highway near Dunkin Donuts” in northeast Philadelphia.
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A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) representative said that the injured teenagers were transported to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital and Einstein Medical Center.
Gunfire struck two buses, but neither the driver nor any of the passengers were reported injured.
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