7 Shot Outside High School Graduation in Richmond, Virginia
Two people were fatally shot and several more were injured in a shooting that took place outside a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday evening, the authorities said.
A 19-year-old male suspect was in police custody, Rick Edwards, the acting chief of the Richmond Police Department said at a news conference on Tuesday evening. “We think the suspect knew at least one of the victims,” he said.
The shooting took place just before 5:15 p.m. outside the Altria Theater. He said officers inside the venue had heard gunshots and responded to the scene, where they had found “multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds.”
The two people killed were an 18-year-old male and 36-year-old male, Chief Edwards said at the news conference. The authorities have not released the identities of the victims.
Source: The New York Times
