Multiple injuries reported in shooting after high school graduation at Virginia Commonwealth Univers
Source: ABC
A Richmond Public Schools official told ABC News the shooting took place in Monroe Park after the Huguenot High School graduation in the Altria Theater had ended.
Students in graduation gowns could be seen running from the scene amid the police response.
Thomas Jefferson High School's graduation ceremony scheduled for Tuesday night has been canceled, and all Richmond Public Schools will be closed on Wednesday "out of an abundance of caution," the school district said.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said state law enforcement are supporting Richmond police in the investigation.
"My administration continues monitoring the terrible shooting in the heart of Richmond tonight," Youngkin tweeted.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-virginia-commonwealth-university/story?id=99883538
I don't think these qualify as LBN anymore.
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It's possible I was looking at an earlier release perhaps before they knew the full extent of casualties.
The thing is, I used to shoot. I learned at the summer camp I went to as a kid and I was pretty good at it so I shot on the rifle team there and then for the one at my school. Needless to say, neither has a team anymore, nor have any of the schools we used to compete with - including the military schools. Times have definitely changed.
But my point is, there were strict rules. Before anyone was even allowed to pick up a gun, they had to be 13 and over and learn and understand a whole list of safety rules. And one unwritten rule was to never shoot at anything living, we used paper targets. As kids we understood that guns were nothing to take casually - what is wrong with these parents with kids?? And why do they need a gun to begin with? I don't, I'm no longer on any teams, so I don't have one. Times have changed. 