8 teens injured in mass shooting near SEPTA bus stop, police say

A teen boy is fighting for his life after he was shot nine times while seven other teens are recovering following a mass shooting near a SEPTA bus in Northeast Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon, according to police.The ordeal began around 3 p.m. at the intersection of Cottman and Rising Sun avenues. Students from Northeast High School were waiting at a SEPTA bus stop.

A SEPTA official told NBC10 the bus was struck by gunfire though no one who was on the bus was injured. That bus is being held at a terminal for further investigation.No arrests have been made in the shooting. If you have any information on the incident, please call 911 immediately or submit an anonymous tip to 215-686-TIPS.

Commissioner Bethel was passionate while speaking about Wednesday's shooting as well as the recent violence. “We cannot ignore what we’re seeing over the last three days. I will not sit here and people call me and tell me what I should or should not be doing," Bethel said."This is what we see when we give guns in the hands of juveniles and what they do with them. Telling kids they should not carry guns because they’re scared. Really? This is the end results of what we see.

Towards the end of the press conference, NBC10's Aaron Baskerville asked Mayor Parker if one of those"tools" would include implementing stop and frisk. Commissioner Kevin Bethel intervened before Parker answered.

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