8 Northeast High School students shot in Philadelphia near bus stop

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Eight Northeast High School students were shot in Philadelphia near a SEPTA bus station at Rising Sun and Cottman avenues shortly before 3 p.m. on March 6, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said, Report informs referring to CBS News.

Bethel said the students are in the range of 15 to 17 years old. One of the students, a 16-year-old, was shot nine times in the torso and placed in critical condition. All of the other students are in stable condition, police said.

"Enough is enough," Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said. "Every law enforcement partner that we have here in the city of Philadelphia is actively engaged and working together to ensure that every resource that is needed is readily available so that the work can be done to solve the crimes."

Authorities are searching for three masked shooters who were inside a dark blue Hyundai Sonata with paper tags, police said.

Bethel said as the students from Northeast High were getting onto the SEPTA bus, three shooters exited the vehicle near the Dunkin' and fired more than 30 shots.

Police released surveillance video of the shooting that shows the gunmen hopping out of the car, firing shots in the direction of a SEPTA bus and then fleeing the scene in the dark blue Hyundai.

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