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Charter school shooter identified: Police

Credit: Metro File Photo

Police have arrested 17-year-old Raisheem Rockwell, of the 7400 block of Rugby Street on the border of West Oak Lane and East Mount Airy, and charged him with aggravated assault among other charges in the shooting of two students at Delaware Valley Charter High School on Friday afternoon.

Rockwell has also been charged with violation of the uniform firearms act, recklessly endangering another person, having a weapon on school property, and more, police said today.

An 18-year-old female student was shot in the arm. The same bullet also hit the shoulder of a 17-year-old male student.

Metro Philadelphia

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