Police: Gunman who opened fire after Virginia high school graduation targeted graduate

Police say a gunman who opened fire minutes after a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, targeted an 18-year-old graduate he had a long-running dispute with.A gunman who opened fire minutes after a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, targeted an 18-year-old graduate he had a long-running dispute with, police said Wednesday.

"This was targeted at one individual ... that's what we know at this time," Edwards said during a news conference Wednesday.Pollard was arraigned Wednesday morning on two counts of second-degree murder, said Colette McEachin, Richmond's top prosecutor. Pollard said he intends to hire an attorney, so the court continued the case until a hearing later this month, McEachin wrote in an email. Pollard was ordered held without bond.

Jackson-Smith said the family had watched the graduation, then got separated in a large crowd after they walked outside. "He was so happy - oh my God - because he got to graduate. He worked hard," she said of her son. Edwards said police believe Pollard attended the graduation, then went outside, where he had some kind of "interaction" with Pollard, and then then went to his car to retrieve a handgun.

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