A 19-year-old suspect in custody; second graduation ceremony planned at the Richmond theater where the shooting occurred was canceled.
Two people were killed and five others were injured Tuesday after a suspect opened gunfire near Virginia Commonwealth University following a high school graduation ceremony.
VCU police said the shooting occurred around 5:13 p.m. in the area of Monroe Park, near the campus' Altria Theater after a recently-concluded graduation ceremony for Huguenot High School.
One of the victims killed was an 18-year-old male who had just graduated, and the other was a 36-year-old male, police said.
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2 killed, others injured after Virginia high school graduation ceremony: 'Is nothing sacred any longer?'
A 19-year-old suspect shot and killed two people, including a recent high school grad, following a ceremony at the Altria Theater near the Virginia Commonwealth University.
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We all knew this would happen somewhere in the country. I predict more of these "graduation" attacks this year.