Last Suspect in Philadelphia Bus Stop Shooting That Wounded 8 Is Captured in Virginia

Published on March 20, 2024

PHILADELPHIA—The last of four suspects in a shooting that wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop earlier this month was captured Tuesday in Virginia. The U.S. Marshals Service announced that Asir Boone, 17, was taken into custody after noon at an apartment in Alexandria. They said he had been hiding there with an unidentified woman who has ties to Philadelphia. It wasn’t immediately known if Boone has retained an attorney or when he might face extradition to Philadelphia. He faces attempted murder, weapons counts and related charges. Authorities had called for Boone to turn himself in last week following the arrests of three other people in connection with the March 6 shooting in northeast Philadelphia....