shooting of course, the fourth in as many days, of course they were talking about potentially this 1 being a retaliatory. act from the 1 on Monday. of course on Monday. a 17 year old juvenile was killed at a shooting you can see potentially stepping up here. to a Podium you can see uh people walking uh at this Podium potentially the mayor the police chief commissioner bethl. as well here on live now from foxes. They appear to be stepping up to this. uh Podium this microphone stand here as they were just huddled in a Dunkin' Donuts. uh making these remarks and it looks like they're about to provide an update here on live now from Box, we'll take out this. shot in full here as our Fox 29 cameras their positioned very close to this crime scene. Let's just listen in here on live now from foxes. They will provide an update as 8 individuals were shot. And of course not necessarily on asep Dias, but involving a SEPTA bus and you can see plenty of uh, casings around the area gunshot. uh holes inside some of the buses and the windows. that sent people running it also, uh has a concern for the drivers as well. So they are stepping up to the podium right here on live now from Fox and we're going to listen in to what they have to say here live raw and unfiltered. you guys down on your knees? You guys ready? great, Does somebody have our mic in there? Good afternoon, everyone. I'm sorry generic rip on the public. 7300 to talk about a mass shooting. Champion shortly at 3:00 259 Uh, we're going to hear today from our mayor cherrell Parker. to be followed by the superintendent of school district of Philadelphia, Dr. Watlington. going to hear from our police commissioner. Kevin bethl. chief of SEPTA police. chief Lawson that we're going to hear from our district attorney Larry krasner. I just ask that you hold all of your questions. until the end until our last speaker is going Good evening. uh, Philadelphia over the past 2 days. we have seen. 11 juveniles. shot. over the past few days we have seen. days we have seen. the senseless acts of gun violence occur in and around schools and public transportation mass transit SEPTA the purpose of our being here on today. is to inform you all. that enough. is enough. that every law enforcement partner that we have. here in the city of Philadelphia. and engaged in working together. to ensure that. every resource. that is needed is readily available. so that the work can be done. to solve the crimes. now This is what's extremely important to me as mayor of this city. that the people of the city know that we will not be held hostage that we will use. every legal tool. and the tool box to ensure the public health and safety of the people of our city we know that we have to ensure that we have access to economic opportunities quality public education. year-round opportunities. out of school time. opportunities and we're going to work on that. This is simply further strengthens our resolve to get this done but we are going to ensure that every partner that we have. every resource that we need to solve. this crime to ensure that those who are responsible. are held accountable. We're going to make sure. that we do that but I want Philadelphia's to know that on our streets and you're going to hear from our police Commissioner. uh, he will give you details about the Philadelphia Police Department's role, but you need to know that we are going to do everything. that we can to ensure your Public health and safety and we don't apologize. for using every legal. and constitutional. toll in our tool belts in order to get that done. today you're going to notice when I say Partners. I'm referring to our school district of Philadelphia. I'm referring to our Police Department. the ATF is here. cept the uh is here. our office of Emergency Management. a managing director a public safety director and our district attorney. Everyone is here tonight. this further strengthens. our resolve and the need and the sense of urgency Regarding why we have to work together. to ensure 1 that anyone held accountable. anyone. held accountable. we make sure we let you know that we have worked together in a unified way to ensure that that is what occurs but we want no 1 in the city of Philadelphia. concerned about whether or not that can come out and go to the store and go to the supermarket. We don't want you feeling captive in your homes and our Police Commissioner is going to talk to you about. what our public uh safety. actions formerly will be. uh as a result of this all thank you, uh so very much. We're now going to hear from our school. superintendent. Wallington. Uh, thank you mayor, uh on behalf of our all of our children and families in the school district. Uh, we are just absolutely heartbroken And uh Angry uh that innocent children walking home from school would be impacted by by gun violence. and we agree with the mayor enough is enough. uh appearance and students are working so hard in the school district to Philadelphia to improve outcomes. And uh, uh, just so happy that the mayor and the team is here together to stand in unison. uh, certainly, uh, we will have uh trained, uh, prices professionals at the Northeast High School tomorrow. uh, just provide support to our students. and Families. uh as they process this horrific. uh unconscious. unconscionable, uh, uh, act of violence. again, uh, we're going to do everything to work with the mayor under the mayor's leadership. with commissioner Beth uh, and all the partners here in the city. because we absolutely are committed to improving outcomes for our young people and make sure that they're safe. and that when parents and their children to school uh, they can expect them to return safely to them And so, uh, thank you mayor. We look forward to working in Partnership. Thank you. police commissioner so so so today uh at 3:00 p.m. Around 3 p.m. Uh in the 7200 Rising Sun Avenue. uh, we have juveniles are students from Northeast High School. who are waiting for the bus. the street. Did we see as based on the video evidence we have so far. We see a car that's parked along the side of that of the side of the of the Dunkin Donuts at some point when the bus is pulling up and the kids are converging to get on the bus. 3 individuals exit that vehicle and then and and the storage is multiple times. at least over 30 times. they fire into the kids that are getting onto the bus as a result of those. that gunfire we now have 8 students who have been shot. uh ranging in the East and 15 to 17 years of age. uh, 1 of the kids is in critical condition. are h working together. to ensure that. your travel to and fro whether or not that school. That's to work to the doctor's office to the supermarket. We're going to be doing everything that we possibly can together. Um is the key to ensure the safety of our streets and and and our very valuable partner with SEPTA. Um, it's extremely important that that they be front and center here. uh with us on today because this is very much a collaborative approach. May I just want to ask you about you said everything under the law or everything you're going to use to combat this? stop and frisk. Is that something that you that you want? Is this the moment is it? moment in time to talk about that. no, no, I I literally is this the moment in time right we're talking about. the work we need to do. to to deal with the issues. We have we have 11 children shot today. This is to address the balance that we're seeing now. I'm not cutting you off. the reality of the work. of the work. That's the reality. So we're going to end it here. I think it's time for us to we have work to do. We have a lot of work to do we got to get back and deal with these kids that we have to deal with and and our team will be following up with you. Thank you Everyone We appreciate all of your you coming out. is that possibility that they're linked Mondays and we don't know yet. We we're looking to see that but we don't know yet. Thank
