Police: 7 teens shot near high school, 2 critical
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say at least seven teenagers have been shot near a high school and two are in critical condition.
Detroit Police spokesman Rod Liggons tells WXYZ-TV the victims were shot Tuesday afternoon at a bus stop by gunmen who emerged from a green minivan.
Detroit Public Schools Police Chief Roderick Grimes says at least five students attending classes at Cody High School were shot. He says two are in critical condition.
Grimes says two or possibly three gunmen asked for a person by name before opening fire on the crowd.
The shooting took place about a block away from the high school shortly after summer school classes had ended for the day.
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DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say at least seven teenagers have been shot near a high school but their conditions aren't known.
Detroit Police spokesman Rod Liggons tells WXYZ-TV the victims were shot Tuesday afternoon at a bus stop by gunmen who emerged from a green minivan. Liggons says he isn't aware of any fatalities.
Detroit Public Schools spokesman Steve Wasko says the shooting took place about a block away from Cody High School shortly after summer school classes got out. He didn't know if any of the teens shot are students at the school.
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Gunmen shot seven teenagers at a bus stop in Detroit, Michigan, United States at about 2:15 PM EDT (1915 UTC) today. Three of the seven wounded are in critical condition.

The victims were one block away from their school, Cody High School, at a bus stop in Detroit's west side. The gunmen left a green minivan, approached the teenagers and asked for a particular person before opening fire, according to Roderick Grimes, Chief of Detroit Public Schools Police.

Five of the victims were students of Cody Ninth Grade Academy and were just leaving summer classes. Four of the victims were boys and three were girls, all aged between 14 and 17 years old.

Steve Wasko, a spokesman for the school, claimed there was "nothing that we're aware of at this time" to suggest that the shooting was related to any in-school dispute.  Gangs are active in the area in which the shooting happened.