City leaders and community groups took turns speaking about resources and ways to heal as they look for solutions and ways to prevent these tragedies, as this investigation into the motive continues.
A "Peace Not Guns" town hall was held Wednesday night in the wake of two separate SEPTA bus stop shootings involving Philadelphia high school students. In total, 11 teens were shot, including one who was killed.
while at a SEPTA bus stop in the city's Ogontz section. Two other students and two bus passengers were also injured.were injured after three gunmen bum-rushed the group of teens as they waited for another SEPTA bus in the city's Burholme section last Wednesday.VIDEO: Suspects wanted in Philly mass shooting that injured 8 at bus stop
Parents and educators from Imhotep Charter School say their community has been grieving. They held a "healing town hall" Wednesday night, hosted by City Council President Kenyatta Johnson and Councilmember Cindy Bass."We host a lot of community events and, obviously, this one is very close to our heart with what happened to one of our students," said Imhotep CEO, Andre Noble.Police are also still looking for the two gunmen in the shooting that killed Taylor.
Authorities say he and three other suspects are responsible for the mass shooting that injured the eight Northeast High School teens.According to court records, Buggs contacted a prisoner at SCI Pine Grove a day after the mass shooting to talk about another teen who had been shot to death two days earlier.
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