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Eight students were shot after gunmen opened fire at a Philadelphia SEPTA bus stop as the teens waited for a ride home from high school.
Shots were fired around 3 p.m. Wednesday at Rising Sun and Cottman avenues in northwest Philadelphia.
According
Action News, between four and eight victims were minors and three of them suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. A fourth was shot in the chest.
The conditions of the victims remain unclear at this time. SEPTA said no injuries to employees or passengers were reported.
This is the latest shooting on SEPTA buses in the city in the past three days, as Charles Lawson, chief of SEPTA Transit Police, said his department will take an “aggressive” approach to combating the rise in gun violence. and “target.” all the penal codes on the books.
Eight minors were shot and one is in critical condition on a Philadelphia SEPTA bus in the city’s Burholme neighborhood
Gunshots were heard around 3 p.m. Wednesday at Rising Sun and Cottman avenues in northwest Philadelphia.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting are still unclear, but authorities believe the suspects were wearing masks and were last seen driving over the Tookany Creek Bridge near Cheltenham Township.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting are still unclear, but authorities believe the suspects were wearing masks and were last seen driving over the Tookany Creek Bridge near Cheltenham Township.
The conditions of the victims are also unclear at this time. SEPTA said no injuries to employees or passengers were reported.
The transportation company said a Route 18 bus and a Route 67 bus were hit by gunfire near the scene of the shooting and advised people to avoid the area while they investigate the incident.
“We’re going to enforce the law and we’re going to do it aggressively, and we’re not going to apologize for it,” Lawson said.
On Tuesday night, another shooting occurred aboard a Route 79 bus near South Broad Street and Snyder Avenue.
Carmelo Drayton, 37, suffered two gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Jefferson University Hospital in Center City.
Police said the shooter, who was wearing a black jacket, gray sweatpants and boots, fled the area. No weapons were found at the scene.
On Monday, Dayemen Taylor, 17, was also killed when gunshots were heard near a bus stop near the intersection of Ognotz and Godfrey avenues in Upper North Philadelphia.
Taylor was waiting at the stop after school when at least two people approached him and one opened fire with an automatic weapon. Daily News reported.
Four other people were wounded in that shooting, including two women who were on a bus and two teenagers, both 15 years old, who were grazed by bullets.
On Sunday night, a man was shot and killed after getting off a SEPTA bus near Castor Avenue at Oxford Circle in Northeast Philadelphia.
Authorities identified the man as Sawee Kofa, 27, and said he was shot in the face around 11:25 p.m.
“We use every legal means at our disposal to combat illegal gun ownership on SEPTA,” Lawson said.
‘We are going to attack people who hide their identity. We are going to attack fare evasion. “We are going to focus on open drug use.”
No arrests have been made in connection with any of the shootings, police said.