Video shows suspects wanted in Philadelphia mass shooting that injured 8 students at bus stop

PHILADELPHIA -- Police released video of a radical of suspects wanted successful a wide shooting that injured 8 students astatine a autobus halt successful Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon.

The gunfire rang retired astir 3 p.m. successful the city's Burholme vicinity arsenic students from Northeast High School were waiting for the bus.

Video shows 3 suspects exit a acheronian bluish 2019 Hyundai Sonata and unfastened occurrence connected the radical astatine the autobus stop.

VIDEO: Suspects wanted successful Philly wide shooting that injured 8 astatine autobus stop

According to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel, 8 students betwixt the ages of 15 and 17 were shot.

"At immoderate constituent erstwhile the autobus is pulling up and the kids are converging to get connected the bus, 3 individuals exit that conveyance and past discharges aggregate times," Bethel said.

Police accidental a 16-year-old lad was changeable 9 times. He was rushed to the infirmary successful captious condition.

Seven different victims -- including 2 15-year-olds, 4 16-year-olds, and a 17-year-old -- were changeable and wounded. All 7 are listed successful unchangeable condition.

WATCH: Authorities supply updates aft 8 students changeable astatine SEPTA autobus halt successful Philadelphia

Bethel says implicit 30 shots were fired astatine the scene.

Police accidental the suspects were past seen driving implicit the Tookany Creek Bridge toward Cheltenham Township. The Hyundai Sonata has acheronian tint connected each windows and the "H" emblem is missing from the beforehand of the vehicle.

One pistillate who works astatine the adjacent Quaker Diner heard the gunshots and ran retired to effort and assistance the victims. She reported seeing respective juveniles wounded.

"These children are dying each time retired here, somebody's got to bash something. This doesn't hap successful this neighborhood," she said.

According to SEPTA, a Route 18 autobus and a Route 67 autobus were besides struck by the gunfire adjacent the scene. The Action Cam was astatine the Frankford Transportation Center wherever 1 of the progressive buses was cordoned disconnected by police.

IMAGE: Philadelphia constabulary are looking for this 2019 bluish Hyundai Sonata successful transportation with a wide shooting that injured 8 students connected March 6, 2024.

SEPTA says determination were nary reports of immoderate injuries to passengers oregon employees.

Philadelphia School District Superintendent Tony Watlington says situation counselors volition beryllium astatine the schoolhouse Thursday to assistance immoderate students impacted by this incident.

"We are conscionable perfectly heartbroken and aggravated that guiltless children walking distant from schoolhouse volition beryllium impacted by weapon violence," said Watlington.

Northeast High School volition run connected a virtual docket done the extremity of the week.

This is the 4th shooting successful little than a week involving a SEPTA bus.

On Sunday, 27-year-old Sawee Kofa was changeable and killed aft an statement connected a SEPTA autobus successful the city's Oxford Circle neighborhood.

A teen was killed and 4 others were wounded Monday erstwhile gunfire rang retired astatine a autobus halt successful the city's Ogontz neighborhood.

The teen, identified arsenic Dayemen Taylor, attended Imhotep Institute Charter High School, officials said.

And connected Tuesday night, constabulary accidental a antheral was changeable and killed connected a Route 79 autobus Tuesday nighttime successful South Philadelphia.

Over the past 2 days, 11 students person been shot, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said. Commissioner Bethel said constabulary are investigating whether Wednesday's shooting is connected to the execution of Taylor.

As a effect of the caller violence, Commissioner Bethel says determination volition beryllium a important ramp-up of resources.

"I privation parents and families to cognize that we're going to beryllium on our corridors crossed the full metropolis of Philadelphia until we tin fig retired precisely what's going on," helium said.

During a quality league aft the shooting, Mayor Parker said capable is enough.

"This is what's highly important to maine arsenic politician of the metropolis -- that the radical of the metropolis cognize that we volition not beryllium held hostage, that we volition usage each ineligible instrumentality successful the toolbox to guarantee the nationalist wellness and information of the radical of our city," said Parker.

Anyone with accusation successful transportation with these caller shootings is asked to telephone constabulary astatine 215-686-TIPS.