Three men, all teenagers, have been arrested in connection with the Philadelphia bus stop shooting that left eight high school students injured, authorities said.
Jamal Tucker and Arnire Baggs, both 18 and 19-year-old Jamhad Carter, fired about 30 bullets at Northeast High School students as they waited to load into SEPTA vehicles last week. He was part of a group of four. City police and federal marshals.
Police are aware of the fourth person, but they have not yet identified him, and the search is still ongoing.
The three masked gunmen were seen on video getting out of a car, walking up to a group of teenagers, all between 15 and 17 years old, opening fire and fleeing. It is not clear whether
Harrowing video showed bloody students clutching their wounds and sobbing as bystanders rushed to help.
All of the teens were reported to be in stable condition, including a 16-year-old boy who was taken to hospital in critical condition after being struck nine times.
A spokeswoman said Carter was holed up in her family’s home until U.S. Marshals stormed the building around 3:30 p.m. Friday. He was wanted on attempted murder, firearms violations and other related charges.
Buggs was handcuffed Sunday in a sting operation involving 25 federal agents. They recovered his loaded, fully automatic .40-caliber Glock, which matched the casing found at the scene, authorities said. said in a release.
Tucker is the only person to turn himself in so far, turning himself over to Philadelphia police on Friday. His arrest came shortly after police connected him to a stolen vehicle that had been recovered as being involved in the shooting.
Mr. Tucker and Mr. Baggs are charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, and are being held on bail of more than $2 million.
“These defendants could face lengthy periods of incarceration,” Philadelphia District Attorney Lawrence Krasner said.
“That’s no surprise when you have eight different incidents involving brutal violence.”
Investigators did not reveal the identity of the fourth suspect, but teased that they knew who they were looking for.
“With the arrest of Jamad Carter, we are now looking for another suspect. We are asking the family of this suspect to hand him over by tomorrow morning, and if that does not happen. We stand ready to aggressively pursue him using all available investigative resources,” said Supervising Deputy Sheriff Robert Clark of the Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Criminal Fugitive Task Force. .
Other details of the incident have not yet been released, including why the gunmen targeted high school students.
Police were investigating whether the shooting was related to the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old charter school student while riding a city bus. Four people were injured, including a 70-year-old woman.
The next day, a man was shot to death on a bus on Route 79 in South Philadelphia. A 27-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday after an argument on a SEPTA bus in the Oxford Circle area.
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