Seven people were 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.
The shooting took place just before 5:15 p.m. outside the Altria Theater, Rick Edwards, the acting chief of the Richmond Police Department, said at a news conference on Tuesday evening.
He said officers inside the venue had heard gunshots and responded to the scene, where they had found “multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds.”Three of those who were shot sustained life-threatening injuries, Chief Edwards said.
Multiple other people, he said, had gone to local hospitals with injuries other than gunshot wounds, including one person who was “hit by a car during the melee.”Two people were taken into custody, Chief Edwards said.
The authorities did not believe that there was an “ongoing threat to the community,” he said.
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