RICHMOND, Va. — Seven people were shot, two fatally, when gunfire rang out Tuesday outside a downtown theater in Richmond, Virginia, where a high school graduation ceremony had just ended, causing hundreds of attendees to flee in panic, weep and clutch their children, authorities and witnesses said.
“As they heard the gunfire, it was obviously chaos,” Edwards said. “We had hundreds of people in Monroe Park, so people scattered. It was very chaotic at the scene.” Multiple handguns were recovered. Police initially said two suspects were detained, but Edwards said later that they determined one of them was not involved.“This should not be happening anywhere,” Stoney said.
“That prompted, as you would expect, hundreds of persons in an effort to flee the gunfire to return to the building,” Young said.Two people were treated for falls; one juvenile was struck by a car and sustained injuries that were not life-threatening; and nine people were treated at the scene for minor injuries or anxiety, according to police spokeswoman Tracy Walker.
As he heard the gunshots and then sirens, neighbor John Willard, 69, stepped onto the balcony of his 18th-floor apartment. Below, he saw students fleeing in their graduation outfits and parents hugging children. “I felt bad because some elderly people were at the graduation and they got knocked down to the ground,” Payne said.
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