Y’all in a heap o’ trouble, boys! These guys are as dumb as a box of rocks.

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We have previously noted the two mass shootings at SEPTA bus stops being used by high school students to get home. It’s only taken the Philadelphia Police a few days to identify the (alleged) shooters in the second incident. From The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Two teens charged with Burholme shooting that injured 8 students at a bus stop

The arrests came as students from Northeast High School returned to class.

by Ellie Rushing and Ximena Conde | Saturday, March 11, 2024 | 1:09 PM EDT | Updated: 6:36 PM EDT

Two 18-year-olds have been charged with attempted murder and related crimes in connection with the shooting of eight Northeast High School students who were struck by bullets as they waited for a bus after school last week, police said Monday.

Ahnile Buggs (L) and Jamaal Tucker (R), mugshots via Steve Keeley of Fox 29 News.

Jamaal Tucker and Ahnile Buggs were taken into custody over the weekend and have each been charged with seven counts of aggravated assault and related offenses. Buggs and Tucker were also charged with one count of attempted murder, conspiracy, and illegal gun possession after police said they jumped out of a car at Rising Sun and Cottman Avenues and started shooting into a group of kids Wednesday afternoon.

Eight students, ages 15 to 17, were injured in the gunfire. One 16-year-old was shot nine times.

Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said Monday that detectives believe Tucker and Buggs were among four shooters. Two others involved in the crime remain at large — a third shooter and their getaway driver, he said.

No, of course the Inquirer didn’t include the mugshots of the (alleged) malefactors. I got those from Steve Keeley of Fox 29 News.

Commissioner Bethel wasn’t forthcoming on the details of the investigation, but stated that it may have been related to the first shooting, the one which killed Dayemen Taylor. Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said that evidence was recovered from the stolen car the (alleged) shooters used, which had been dumped in Olney. He also stated that a .40-caliber Glock 22 pistol with an extended magazine, laser pointer, and a “switch,” a small device that attaches to a semi-automatic gun and makes it capable of fully automatic fire, had been recovered.

Many of the kids shot were seriously injured — one 16-year-old who was shot nine times was intubated and only recently upgraded from critical condition and able to talk. Another 16-year-old was shot multiple times in the chest and was expected to recover, while a 15-year-old had a bullet lodged in his spine and faced a risky surgery and long recovery ahead, their families said.

So, what’s going to happen? The two mass shootings have outraged the Powers That Be in the City of Brotherly Love, and even the George Soros-sponsored, police-hating, and softer-than-a-kitten-on-crime District Attorney, Larry Krasner, vowed that the perpetrators would be harshly prosecuted, though I believe that when I actually see it. The two identified suspects are just 18 years old, and no one has exposed any adult criminal records on them, but no one would be surprised if there are sealed juvenile records. It would be very interesting if we learn that one or more of the offenders could have been in juvie last week, but were given lenient treatment by the District Attorney’s Office.

If Messrs Tucker and Buggs were two of the shooters, then let’s tell the truth: they’re both idiots, just plain stupid, dumb as a box of rocks. We don’t yet know the motives for the shootings, but whatever Mr Tucker was taken into custody just two days after the shooting, and Mr Buggs the day after that. Both men are looking at possibly decades in prison, and for what? Just plain stupidity.

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  2. Third person arrested in shooting of students at Northeast bus stop

    Jermahd Carter, 19, was arrested and is expected to be charged in connection with the shooting last week. On Tuesday night, officials issued a warning to a fourth suspect to turn himself in.

    by Ellie Rushing and Robert Moran | Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | 4:59 PM EST | Updated: 9:03 PM EDT

    A third person has been arrested in connection with the shooting of eight teenagers in Northeast Philadelphia last week, police said.

    A 19-year-old was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon and is expected to be charged for his role in the shooting at Rising Sun and Cottman Avenues last Wednesday, said department spokesperson Sgt. Eric Gripp.

    On Tuesday night, a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service announced the apprehension of the third suspect and issued a warning to a fourth suspect to turn himself in by Wednesday morning.

    Jermahd Carter was arrested around 3:30 p.m. on the 12000 block of Academy Road in Northeast Philadelphia, said Robert Clark, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal with the Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force.

    Carter appeared “relatively surprised” when he was found, but he did not resist arrest, Clark said.

    The fugitive task force also contacted the family of a 17-year-old fourth suspect and told them that he had until the morning to surrender to Philadelphia police, or else his name and photo would be made public and a reward announced for his capture, Clark said.

    “We gave them the ultimatum: turn your son in by tomorrow morning,” Clark said, adding that the family was “somewhat cooperative.”

    His name and photo should be made public, regardless of he turns himself in or otherwise. He needs tro be tried as an adult.

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