PHILADELPHIA — The last of four suspects in a shooting that injured eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop earlier this month was captured Tuesday in Virginia.
The US Marshals Service announced that a 17-year-old was taken into custody at an Alexandria apartment after noon. They said he was hiding there with an unknown woman with ties to Philadelphia.
It was not immediately known if the suspect has retained an attorney or when he might be extradited to Philadelphia.
Authorities had called for the suspect to turn himself in last week after the arrest of three other people in connection with the March 6 shooting in Northeast Philadelphia.
As students at Northeast High School, the city’s largest public high school with more than 3,000 students, waited to board the bus, three masked people opened fire, hitting eight teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17. . All were later found in stable condition, including a 16-year-old who was initially seriously injured after being hit nine times.
Officials said the recovery of a stolen car involved in the shooting led to the identification of Jamaal Tucker as a suspect, and he turned himself in Friday. On Saturday, federal marshals said they arrested Ahnile Buggs and recovered a loaded and fully automatic .40-caliber Glock that matched shell casings found at the scene. Jermahd Carter, 19, was also arrested last week.
Tucker and Buggs, both 18, are also charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other charges and are being held on bail of more than $2 million.
Lawyers for the three men declined comment.
