High School Students Target of Shooting: Why Isn’t This A Major Headline?

Looks like Philly is experiencing more violence.

Shocking to none.

This time it involves eight high school students, ages between 15-17, waiting at a bus stop last Wednesday.

A car appears with four inside.

It parks and then three exited the vehicle, approaching the students, unloading 30 rounds.

Two of them, 18-year old black males, were arrested.

Jamaal Tucker and Ahnile Buggs.

The police are still looking for the other two.

This could be tied to a deadly Philadelphia shooting of students that occurred just days prior.

On Saturday March 9th, @USMS_Philly and @PhillyPolice SIG Unit investigators arrested Ahnile Buggs, 18, in the 900 block of N. 42nd Street. Buggs was wanted for attempted murder and firearms charges in relation to the March 6th shooting of 8 juveniles at a Septa bus stop. pic.twitter.com/dN3qeNtOUj

— U.S. Marshals Service Philadelphia (@USMS_Philly) March 11, 2024

MSN reports:

Two 18-year-olds have been arrested for allegedly unleashing a hail of gunfire at high school students waiting at a bus stop Wednesday in Northeast Philadelphia, leaving eight injured.

The injured students, ages 15 to 17, were at the bus stop just before 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday when three people exited a car around the corner, walked up to them, and fired at least 30 times before fleeing the scene, according to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel.

Police identified suspects in the case by using evidence that included two stolen vehicles, Deputy Commissioner of Investigations Frank Vanore said during a Monday news conference. One 18-year-old suspect, Jamaal Tucker, turned himself in, according to Vanore, and another 18-year-old suspect, Ahnile Buggs, was arrested over the weekend.

A spokesperson with the Defender Association of Philadelphia had no comment about its client Tucker when reached by CNN. An attorney listed on court documents for Buggs did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.

“We’re not done,” Vanore said, noting police were working to find another two people seen in the vehicle. “And we’re going to continually move with our investigation towards not only those individuals but this group, anyone who may have aided and assisted them — we’re coming for them, too.”

Wednesday’s eight gunshot victims include two 15-year-olds, five 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old, Philadelphia police said in a news release. One 16-year-old was shot nine times and remains in critical condition, while the others are stable, police said Thursday. The injuries include leg, arm, back and upper-body wounds.

Philadelphia District Attorney Lawrence Krasner said the two suspects are facing charges related to each of the eight victims. They include criminal attempt to murder, aggravated assault, firearms charges, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault and reckless endangerment of another person.

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“These defendants are potentially facing an enormous amount of time in custody,” Krasner said. “When you have eight different cases where you have engaged in atrocious violence, that is to be expected.”

The Wednesday attack came just days after another deadly Philadelphia shooting of schoolchildren. In a shooting last Monday, one teen was killed, two other teens were injured, and two women on a bus were hit by bullets in an incident police labeled as “targeted.” Bethel said there “may be” a connection between the two shootings but “we still have a lot of work to do to make that formal connection.”

8 students from Northeast High School were shot in Philly on Wednesday.

This is why you didn't hear about it: pic.twitter.com/L0P2VAeBtR

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 11, 2024

PHILLY SHOOTING #Shooting #philly#phillynews pic.twitter.com/qzohC0muuy

— stizzy👎❤️ (@chewbops) March 7, 2024

BREAKING: @PhillyPolice find the blue Hyundai used in this afternoon’s shooting of 8 Northeast Philadelphia High School students parked in a dark Northeast Philly alley. The shooters removed the temporary paper tag. pic.twitter.com/oZDm9rd55v

— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) March 7, 2024

Stay vigilant out there.