Officials announced multiple people were injured when a shooting took place outside the Altria Theater in Richmond, Virginia, following a high school graduation ceremony on Tuesday evening, according to CNN.
Richmond Public Schools official Matthew Stanley, spoke with the media and said the shooting occurred in Monroe Park after the Huguenot high school graduation. “We have canceled a graduation ceremony from another school scheduled later this evening,” Stanley said.
Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney also released a statement on Twitter about the situation. “Currently monitoring the situation at Monroe Park. In touch with RPD and RPS. Will make information available as it comes in. Please avoid the area,” Stoney’s tweet reads.
Off-duty officers working security inside the ceremony immediately responded to the scene and found three shooting victims with life-threatening injuries, and four with non-life-threatening injuries, Richmond police acting chief Rick Edwards said.
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Others were treated for different injuries, including two people from falls, one person who was hit by a car during the shooting, and three people who were treated for anxiety, Edwards said.
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