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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 05:26 PM Jan 2014

2 students shot inside Philadelphia high school

Source: USA Today

2 students shot inside Philadelphia high school

Michael Winter, USA TODAY 4:22 p.m. EST January 17, 2014

Police believe gunman is still in the Delaware Valley Charter High School.

Two 15-year-old students were shot and wounded Friday afternoon inside a Philadelphia high school, police report.

The pair, a boy and a girl, were shot with a handgun near the gymnasium about 3:30 p.m. at the Delaware Valley Charter High School in the Olney section of the city.

Police said each victim was hit once in an arm. They were taken to a hospital a block away and listed in stable condition.

The school was placed on lockdown. Students will be searched and released individually. Police believe the suspect is still inside the school.


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/17/philadelphia-school-shooting/4588715/

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2 students shot inside Philadelphia high school (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2014 OP
2 students shot in arm in Philadelphia school Judi Lynn Jan 2014 #1
2 students shot at Philadelphia charter school, report says Judi Lynn Jan 2014 #2
Delaware Valley charter schools are alternative schools meow2u3 Jan 2014 #3
We're #1 Ewww Esss AAAA Boxerfan Jan 2014 #4
Mercy :( shenmue Jan 2014 #5
Police arrest student who shot 2 at Philadelphia school OhioChick Jan 2014 #6
This isn't even headline news anymore. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2014 #7

Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
1. 2 students shot in arm in Philadelphia school
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 05:38 PM
Jan 2014

2 students shot in arm in Philadelphia school
Updated at 04:32 PM today

LOGAN - January 17, 2014 (WPVI) -- Two students were shot inside a school in the Logan section of Philadelphia on Friday afternoon.

The shooting happened inside a gymnasium at the Delaware Valley Charter School located at 5201 Old York Road shortly after 3:00 p.m.

Police say the shooting, a student, pulled out a gun inside the gym and it went off.

Authorities confirmed that two students, both 15-year-olds, were shot in the arm at that location - one male and one female.

Philadelphia police say they are actively looking for that male shooter, who is believed to be around the same age as the students.

Police are urging that gunman to turn himself in, saying they are reviewing video and interviewing witnesses.

More:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9397626

Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
2. 2 students shot at Philadelphia charter school, report says
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 05:42 PM
Jan 2014

2 students shot at Philadelphia charter school, report says
By Alex Napoliello/NJ.com
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on January 17, 2014 at 4:13 PM, updated January 17, 2014 at 4:25 PM

Two students were shot in a Philadelphia charter school Friday afternoon, according to a report from ABC 6.

The incident happened at the Delaware Valley Charter School located in the Logan section of Philadelphia, the report said.

Authorities told the news station that two students were shot in the arm — one male and one female.

The students were hit while they were inside the school, however, it's not yet known where the shots came from.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/2_students_shot_at_philly_charter_school_report_says.html

meow2u3

(24,745 posts)
3. Delaware Valley charter schools are alternative schools
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 05:45 PM
Jan 2014

for delinquent, disruptive, and/or unruly kids who've been expelled from regular schools. They have to have been found delinquent in a juvenile court to be sent there.

Boxerfan

(2,531 posts)
4. We're #1 Ewww Esss AAAA
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 05:52 PM
Jan 2014

I'm sadly becoming numb to this kind of news it happens so damn often nowadays..

OhioChick

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6. Police arrest student who shot 2 at Philadelphia school
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 06:15 PM
Jan 2014

PHILADELPHIA (RNN) - Police have arrested the person who shot two students Friday at a school in the Logan section of the city.

After a search that lasted about an hour, Philadelphia police arrested the shooter, also a student, at his home in Grays Ferry located about 11 miles away from the school.

Authorities said the 15-year-old victims - one male and one female - were shot in the arm while inside the Delaware Valley Charter High School gym around 3:30 p.m. They were in stable condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center, a block away from the school.

Video footage from inside the gym showed the shooter pulling out a gun and shooting the victims, according to police.

http://www.19actionnews.com/story/24484196/police-arrest-student-who-shot-2-at-philadelphia-school

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