3 women shot on SEPTA bus in West Philadelphia, police say
Three women were hospitalized after a group of males opened fire at the Route G bus in West Philadelphia on Tuesday, SEPTA said.
Philadelphia Police said the triple shooting happened at South 57th Street and Catharine Street a little after 4:30 p.m.
The three women who were shot are in stable condition, according to police.
Police said a 29-year-old woman was shot once in the hip, a 60-year-old woman suffered a graze wound on the right side of her head and a 56-year-old woman was shot in her lower back.
Three males, possibly juveniles, got on the SEPTA bus in South Philly on Oregon Avenue and had some words with the bus driver, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told CBS News Philadelphia later on Tuesday.
Small said they didn't pay the fare, according to the bus driver, and walked to the back of the bus. At 57th and Catharine, Small continued, the three males got off the bus and fired four shots into the bus.
The suspected shooter and the two people with him fled on foot in an unknown direction.
Small said the SEPTA bus was filled with more than 50 passengers. The bus traveled six blocks and stopped at 57th Street and Larchwood Avenue, where passengers got off and fled. That's where police responded and rushed the victims to the hospital, Small said.
The 29-year-old woman was with her son, who Small said was about 6 or 7 years old, but he wasn't struck by gunfire, police said.
"Lucky there weren't additional shooting victims," said Small.
It's unclear what led to the shooting. No arrests have been made, police said.
Anyone with information about this shooting is urged to call the Philadelphia Police Department's Shooting Investigations Group at 215-686-8270 or call/text the PPD tipline at 215-686-TIPS (8477). Tipsters can remain anonymous.
This is a developing story and will be updated.