Police say attack took place near Virginia Commonwealth University, with two people currently in custody
Seven people have been shot, two fatally, following a high school graduation ceremony nearVCU said in an online alert in the evening that officers were on the scene in the area of Monroe Park, near the campus and a large theater. Two people are currently in police custody, said Rick Edwards, the interim Richmond police chief, at a news conference.
Matthew Stanley, a spokesman for Richmond public schools, said via email that he did not have full details about what transpired and would only confirm that it happened after the commencement.In Paulding county, Georgia, one person was shot after a heated argument following the graduation ceremony for Paulding county high school. The victim was airlifted to a local hospital, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.
Images and video from the scene in Virginia show law enforcement officers inside and outside the Altria theater, located in downtown Richmond on the VCU campus. The theater is the site for high school graduation ceremonies for Richmond Public Schools. Richmond Public Schools said on its website that a different graduation scheduled for later Tuesday had been canceled “out of an abundance of caution”.
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