Fighting Over Girl Results in Critical Wounding of Teenagers in Las Vegas

By RYAN NAKASHIMA and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
LAS VEGAS - Assailants shot six young people Tuesday at a school bus stop, wounding two critically, in a midday attack that followed a fight over a girl, authorities said.

School police arrested three teenagers in the fight that happened hours before the shooting, Sheriff Doug Gillespie said. Investigators were still seeking two gunmen, who were believed to have fled on foot from the scene of the shooting, a working class neighborhood of northeast Las Vegas.

An 18-year-old man was in critical condition and a 17-year-old boy was upgraded to serious condition, both with gunshots to the torso, said Cheryl Persinger, a University Medical Center spokeswoman.

Four people, including at least two boys and a girl who are under 18, were treated for gunshot injuries to their arms and legs and released, she said. All four are students at Mojave High School who had just stepped off the bus, which was coming from the school, police said.

Six Students Shot in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS - While getting off their school bus in northeast Las Vegas, six students were shot .

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on its Web site that five of the victims were believed to be boys and the sixth was a girl. Two were in their late teens and the others are juveniles, the newspaper said.

Two of the wounded are in critical condition, according to police. Two shooters appear to be involved in the incident.