Police in Philadelphia have arrested three people for the bus stop shooting that hurt eight high school students last week.
Officials revealed on Monday that Jamaal Tucker and Ahnile Buggs, both 18, were arrested and charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, weapons offenses, and other charges, WPVI reported. They are being held on more than $2 million bail.
On Tuesday, a third suspect was arrested, but no details have been released.
Police were searching for four suspects — three shooters and the driver of the getaway car, which was later found abandoned. Police released surveillance video of the shooting last week, which showed the shooters running to the bus stop as the bus pulled up and opening fire before running back to the car.
All eight of the victims were students at Northeast High School and had been waiting on a bus at about 3 p.m. on March 6 at the corner of Cottman and Rising Sun avenues, as CrimeOnline reported. The three gunmen got out of a dark blue Hyundai and ran across a parking lot, fired more than 30 shots, and jumped back into the car for their escape.The victims were between 15 and 17 years old. One of them, a 16-year-old boy, was shot nine times and remains in critical condition, WPVI reports. He was the intended target, police said.
In addition to the Hyundai getaway car, police found a second vehicle they said was connected with the shooting. Both had been stolen.
Following the shooting and another incident last week in which a student at another high school was killed and two other students and two bus passengers were injured, the police are now patrolling the area more closely. Investigators are looking into whether the two shootings might be connected.
[Featured image: Jamaal Tucker and Ahnile Buggs/Philadelphia Police Department]
Philadelphia police have now arrested three suspects in last week’s bus stop shooting that left eight high school students wounded. Authorities announced on Monday they had arrested Jamaal Tucker and Ahnile Buggs, both 18, charging them with attempted murder, aggravated assault, weapons offenses, and other charges, WPVI reported. They are being held on more than …