Posted on 11/15/2005 7:53:07 AM PST by freakboy
MIRAMAR – A student was shot in the chest aboard a school bus Tuesday morning and police are searching for a teenage girl reported to be armed with a gun. Officials locked down two nearby schools – Perry Elementary and Perry Middle – on the possibility the armed teen could be headed to that area. The shooting occurred around 7:20 a.m. on a southbound school bus near Southwest 38 Street and between Rose and Woodscape drives, which is located east of Florida's Turnpike. Police said two students, both teenage girls, had argued and fought a day earlier and said the spat escalated on Tuesday. It was not immediately known what the two argued over. But police said a 17-year-old girl carried a handgun on to the school bus Tuesday morning and fired at least one shot after the other girl boarded at another stop. The shooter then fled. "Apparently once the victim got on the school bus this morning, there was another confrontation between the victim and the suspect. The suspect pulled out a firearm and shot the victim once in the upper torso," Officer Bill Robertson said at a press conference. When the shooting occurred, the bus was carrying 30 students and headed to Parkway Academy, a charter school that enrolls more than 500 students in grades 9 thru 12 at its site on the 7400 block of Riviera Boulevard in Miramar. The driver of the bus, which is operated by A1A Transportation, used his two-way radio to summon police. The wounded girl, reported to be 17 years old, was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood with a gunshot to the upper left part of her chest.
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I was thinking the hand-held wand type - like they use in courthouses and airports. I was being sarcastic actually. Do we really want metal detectors on school buses?
I figured you were. :-)
LOL - sometimes you just don't know.
First paragraph: The suspect turned her self into police later in the day.Last paragraph: The investigation continues and the hunt for the armed teen continues.
Ethnicity This School
African American 90%
Hispanic 4%
White 3%
Multiracial 1%
Asian or Pacific Islander 1%
Native American <1%
This incident occurred in Florida, not California.
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