Anonymous ID: f2386d June 6, 2023, 4:28 p.m. No.18963355   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>3361 >>3462 >>3657 >>3759 >>3831

7 people injured in shooting near Virginia Commonwealth University

 

RICHMOND โ€” Seven people were shot, three of them with life-threatening injuries, after gunfire rang out near Virginia Commonwealth University in downtown Richmond following a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday, according to police and school district officials.

 

Two suspects were taken into custody after the incident, Interim Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said at a news conference.

 

Edwards said officers inside a theater where the graduation was taking place heard the gunfire, went outside and saw multiple victims with gunshot wounds.

 

Four had injuries that were not life-threatening, he said.

 

Police did not believe there was any ongoing threat to the community.

 

โ€œWeโ€™re going to do everything we can to bring the individuals involved in this to justice,โ€ Mayor Levar Stoney said at the news conference. โ€œThis should not be happening anywhere.โ€

 

Richmond Public Schools said in a message on its website that the shooting took place in Monroe Park, which is near the college campus, after a graduation ceremony for Huguenot High School.

 

VCU advised the community in an online alert around 5:30 p.m. that police were responding after shots were fired. State police sent an alert warning people to avoid the area.

 

The school district said a different graduation scheduled for later Tuesday had been canceled โ€œout of an abundance of cautionโ€ and that schools would be closed Wednesday.

 

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/06/06/shooting-reported-near-virginia-commonwealth-university-after-high-school-graduation-at-monroe-park/

 

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