8 teens were shot waiting for a bus after school in Northeast Philadelphia, police say as they hunt for suspects who fled
By Danny Freeman and Steve Almasy, CNN
Updated 3:01 PM EST, Thu March 7, 2024
Violent crime
At least eight high school students were shot Wednesday afternoon in a hail of gunfire while waiting at a transit bus stop in Northeast Philadelphia, authorities said in a news conference – the second time in a week young people in the city were shot en route to or from school.
The students, ages 15 to 17, were waiting just before 3 p.m. at the bus stop when three people got out of a car around the corner, walked up and fired at them at least 30 times, then fled, the police commissioner said. A 16-year-old was shot nine times, police said, while among all injured were leg, arm, back and upper-body wounds.
Authorities were still hunting Thursday afternoon for the three “armed and dangerous” suspects who got out of the car, plus its driver, they said at a news conference. They are conducting forensic testing on a blue Hyundai Sonata believed to have been involved, said Frank Vanore, Philadelphia Police deputy commissioner of investigations.
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