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8 teens injured in Philadelphia bus shooting, 4th gunfire incident in as many days

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By RON TODT
Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say eight teenagers in northeast Philadelphia were injured in another shooting involving a city bus. Wednesday’s shooting is the fourth shooting on the transit system in as many days. Philadelphia’s police commissioner Kevin Bethel says students from Northeast High School were waiting for a bus when three people opened fire from a car. Bethel says eight students were injured, including one critically. John Golden, a transit spokesperson, says those injured were taken to two hospitals. Two buses were hit by gunfire, but there were no reports of passengers or the driver being hurt.

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