Graduate and his dad killed in mass shooting after high school graduation in Virginia

A father and son were killed and several others were hurt in a mass shooting following a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, police said.

The suspect watched the graduation ceremony, after which it appears he went to his car to get a handgun and then returned, police said.Pollard and Jackson knew each other and had an "ongoing dispute," Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said at a news conference Wednesday."I didn't know Shawn, but I shook his hand and wished him congratulations about 20 minutes before he died," Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras said at Wednesday's news conference.

Several others suffered various injuries in connection to the shooting. Jackson's 9-year-old sister was hit by a car and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The shooting took place around 5:13 p.m. in Monroe Park, near Virginia Commonwealth University, officials said. The scene was near the Altria Theater, which was scheduled to host several graduation ceremonies for Richmond Public Schools on Tuesday.Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney called the shooting a "selfish, senseless act."

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