...2nd degree murder. He brought a firearm to shoot up a graduation, so why wasn't he charged with two counts of first degree murder? Doesn't his actions fulfill the requirements for that charge? IMHO, charging him with second degree murder is an insult to the victims.

Find out more info/evidence.

street. Drove past the Altria at at 4:45 yesterday, probably about 30 minutes prior to the shootings.

...a shooting that happened earlier this year outside of George Wythe High School, another local school. That's speculation, but this definitely seems like a targeted attack.

I guess we will know more tomorrow or later this week. ** Edited by RJHokie at 6/6/2023, 9:40:16 PM

...Richmond public schools a little while ago. I just attended my daughter's fifth grade graduation ceremony at Southampton elementary this morning, a feeder school for Huguenot High School. Our daughter won't be staying in the RPS system beyond this year for reasons such as this, but my heart is broken for the families affected by this. We were at a school-system-wide awards ceremony a few weeks ago, and there were several students from Huguenot recognized there, and I drive by that school almost daily. I realize the shooting didn't happen AT the school, but the people affected by this are in my community, so this hits really close to home for me. I have to admit that I left my daughter's school this morning with a feeling of relief that we had made it safely through another school year, but now this news just crushes my spirit. I'm sure there are a wide range of opinions about the causes and solutions to this problem and we can't really discuss those here. I just pray for everyone affected and that our country can have some hard internal conversations about the lack of value we seem to place on human life.

...gave to the WRIC news crew earlier this evening. He was just inside the theater greeting people as they left the ceremony following the graduation and heard/witnessed it all. He was also present at my daughter's elementary school graduation ceremony this morning and I shook his hand and spoke with him there. What a range of emotions he and his colleagues have experienced today. It just absolutely sucks.

time.

That section of Richmond isn’t exactly a really safe area though.

Lots of VCU students hangout there when school in session plus community events like festivals. Unfortunate events can happen anywhere.

...then, but things have been trending the wrong direction in Richmond for 3-4 years.