8 teens hurt in shooting at Philadelphia bus stop

A mass shooting at a bus stop in Philadelphia left eight teenagers injured Wednesday, according to authorities.

The Philadelphia Police Department said its officers responded to numerous reports of a shooting in the area just before 3 p.m. Wednesday at a bus stop near a Dunkin’. The group of teenagers, ages 15-17, were transported to local hospitals.

One 17-year-old male, shot nine times in the torso, is in critical condition while the rest of the victims are currently stable, according to police. No arrests have been made so far in connection to the shooting.

The Associated Press reported that the incident marks the fourth shooting on the transit system in four days. The previous three shootings all resulted in a fatality, the AP noted.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said at a press conference that the teenagers were students of Northeast High School who were waiting at the bus stop, per the AP. He said at about 3 p.m., three people emerged from the car that was waiting at the scene and fired more than 30 shots.

Law enforcement added that the three people were masked and the car was a dark blue Hyundai Sonata. Police are asking for the public’s help in gathering information on the suspects and have posted a video of masked people running to and from the scene, and escaping in the car.

Bethel said police are looking into whether the shooting is connected to a separate incident at a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority station on Monday that left a 17-year-old student from Imhotep Institute Charter High School dead, ABC News reported.

“It is hard to sit here and see, in three days, 11 juveniles shot, who were coming and going from school,” Bethel said at the press conference, according the outlet.

The Associated Press contributed.

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