Eight juveniles were shot at the corner of Cottman and Rising Sun Avenues shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday. More than 30 shell casings were found at the scene.Eight Northeast High School students were shot and wounded — one critically — while preparing to board a SEPTA bus Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
A dark blue Hyundai Elantra was parked outside a nearby Dunkin’ Donuts, Bethel said. As the SEPTA bus pulled up to the stop, three people exited the parked car and opened fire on the students boarding the bus, shooting more than 30 times. Eight students, all between the ages of 15 and 17, were shot, Bethel said. One of the students, shot multiple times, is hospitalized in critical condition, Bethel said.
Four of the students were transported to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, three were taken to Jefferson Einstein Hospital, and the eighth victim arrived in a private vehicle at Temple University Hospital - Jeanes Campus.Police Wednesday were searching for a stolen blue 2018 Hyundai Elantra seen in surveillance footage near the shooting. The car had a missing front grill, paper tags, and a Penn State license plate frame.
Transit Police Chief Charles Lawson said earlier in the day that the agency would increase its number of officers on buses, and that Philadelphia police officers would patrol its buses more frequently to board buses and speak with operators. SEPTA also has surveillance cameras on about 60% of its buses.Following the shooting Wednesday, Lawson said SEPTA, working with city police, was turning its attention “to how we can effectively police school dismissal.