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The most recent shooting happened Wednesday afternoon. Eight Northeast High School students between 15 and 17 years old were shot at a SEPTA bus stop in Philadelphia's Burholme neighborhood.

This is the fourth shooting in less than a week involving a SEPTA bus. On Sunday, 27-year-old Sawee Kofa was shot and killed after an argument on a SEPTA bus in the city's Oxford Circle neighborhood.

A toddler was taken to the hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to the shoulder on Monday night, according to a spokesperson with the Philadelphia Police Department. Police said that a 2-year-old ...