Philadelphia shooting: 8 high school students wounded by gunfire at bus stand; 4th incident in a row
17-year-old student was killed and four other people were wounded when gunfire erupted at a bus stop. The victims included two women who were riding on a bus.
And on Sunday, around 11:30 p.m., a 27-year-old man was killed by another passenger moments after they both got off a bus. Witnesses said the two had argued, but a motive remains under investigation.
No arrests have been made in any of the shootings, Frank Vanore, deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia police department, said Wednesday. While serious crime overall is down along the transportation system, Lawson said, a pattern that has emerged over the past year and a half is people carrying weapons, usually illegally, getting into an argument and then opening fire.
He vowed that officials would enforce crime aggressively and unapologetically and use “every legal means at our disposal to target illegal gun possession." “We’re going to target individuals concealing their identity. We’re going to target fare evasion.
We’re going to target open drug use," Lawson said. "We’re going to target every criminal code on the books." Officials are increasing monitoring of security cameras and looking into ways to let employees report potential problems discreetly and safely, Lawson added.Milestone Alert!
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