JUST IN: Seven people have been injured in a shooting on the VCU campus after a high school graduation ceremony was held there, police say. Two suspects are in custody and there is no ongoing threat to the community, according to authorities.
Seven people were injured in a shooting Tuesday on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus after a high school graduation ceremony was held there, Richmond police said.Three of the victims were being treated for injuries thought to be life-threatening and four had non-life-threatening injuries, police said."Children were involved here, at a graduation," Mayor Levar M. Stoney said."This is tragic but also traumatic. Because this is their graduation day.
In a notice posted to its website, the school said the shooting took place in the park after the graduation ceremony. It said Richmond Public Schools would close all schools Wednesday.The university initially said the shooting was part of an"active threat" on campus. School officials later said in a campus alert,"There is no ongoing threat to the community but there is a heavy police presence at Monroe Park.
State and local police were at the scene, and the Richmond Police Department was in charge of the investigation, the school said.Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
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