Police released images of the man they say shot at a SEPTA bus and injured three women.
A bullet hole in the window of the SEPTAQ bus on which three women were shot late Tuesday afternoon in West Philadelphia.Philadelphia Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the man they say shot at a SEPTA bus in West Philadelphia on Tuesday, injuring three women.of the suspected gunman, who they say has a medium build, a light beard, and shoulder-length dreadlocks.
The bus sped away from the gunfire and stopped at 57th Street and Larchwood Avenue, about a block away, police said. In the moments leading up to the shooting, police said, the four got on the bus at 19th Street and Oregon Avenue and did not pay the fare. One of them briefly exchanged words with the bus driver, but there were no other problems reported until the four got off the bus at 57th and Catharine Streets, police said.
That’s when one of them “fired four shots into the side of the bus,” Chief Inspector Scott Small said. Four spent shell casings were recovered outside the bus, he said.Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Philadelphia Police Department’s Shooting Investigations Group at 215-686-8270 or to call or text the department’s tipline at 215-686-8477. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
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