Mike on Crime

By Jeff Karoub
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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 hospitalized 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, 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 p.m., about 15 minutes after summer school students were dismissed for the day.
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Associated Press writers Ben Leubsdorf and David N. Goodman contributed to this report.