Teen killed after shots fired into SEPTA bus following fight, police say
A 15-year-old Upper Darby high school student was shot and killed after an argument broke out on a SEPTA bus in West Philadelphia.
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A 15-year-old Upper Darby high school student was shot and killed after an argument broke out on a SEPTA bus in West Philadelphia.
Police are investigating a shooting at a West Philadelphia bar early Sunday morning that left one man dead and two others injured.
Investigators said that a juvenile fired a single shot back into the bus, which hit a 15-year-old boy in the chest. The teen was brought to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he was pronounced dead just after 1:15 p.m. No one else on the bus was injured, a SEPTA spokesperson said.
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The district attorney's office said the new charges, which bring the number of arrests in the case to 10, stem from an investigation into a firearm used in the shooting.
