Two Detroit Police officers collect evidence at a crime scene where two masked men shot and wounded seven teenagers standing at a bus-stop in Detroit. Five of the teenagers had just left summer school at Cody High School. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
DETROIT - GUNMEN in a green minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school on Tuesday, wounding seven, authorities said. Three were hospitalised in critical condition.
Five of the teens had just left Cody Ninth Grade Academy, where they were taking summer classes, when they were shot at the nearby bus stop.
The gunmen exited a vehicle and 'asked for a person by name' before they opened fire, said Detroit Public Schools Police Chief Roderick Grimes. Detroit Police were looking for two suspects in a green minivan, said spokesman Rod Liggons.
The teenagers, four boys and three girls, range in age from 14 to 17 years old, Mr Liggons said.
Schools spokesman Steve Wasko said there was 'nothing that we're aware of at this time' linking the shootings with any fight or dispute at the school.
He said the shootings happened about 2.15 pm, about 15 minutes after summer school students were dismissed for the day. -- AP
