Posted on 06/07/2023 10:29:16 AM PDT by thegagline
Police have charged a 19-year-old suspect in the mass shooting outside a Virginia high school graduation ceremony Tuesday that left a longtime rival and his father dead just moments after the ceremony concluded.
Cops said Amari Pollard gunned down Shawn Jackson, 18, and his father, Renzo Smith, 36, after a yearlong feud with his teenage target.
Pollard, of Enrico County, was arraigned on two charges of second-degree murder Wednesday morning and held without bail.
“I still can’t shake the image of Shawn receiving CPR on the ground still in his graduation gown,” Richmond School District Superintendent Jason Kamras said at a Wednesday briefing as his voice quivered.
Pollard opened fire on the joyous gathering around 5:15 p.m. as jubilant families milled outside the Altria Theater after seeing Huguenot High School graduates walk the stage to receive their diplomas.
Cops said a total of seven people were hit by gunfire, including Jackson and his father. The remaining five victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said the shocking incident has sparked concerns over retaliation, and that local “violence interrupters” have been deployed to quell tensions.
“They knew each other and had an ongoing dispute,” Edwards said, adding that there were no indications that the shooting was gang-related at this point.***
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It’s always Them, Boo Boo.
Ongoing disputes.........
What can you say when certain people, settle arguments and grievances with shootings???
>was arraigned on two charges of second-degree murder
Looks to be premeditated to me.
Another White Supremacist.
“They knew each other and had an ongoing dispute,”
Why, then, is this not 1st degree murder???????????
From the NY Post:
“Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said the shocking incident has sparked concerns over retaliation, and that local “violence interrupters” have been deployed to quell tensions.”
What are “violence interrupters”? Is this another term for “community activists”? Just wondering.
A bad gun got a hold of him and forced him to fire.
I’m thinking the motive may be because he was upset that the victim would let him copy his homework and it kept him from getting into Harvard.
A year long feud only results in 2nd degree murder charges?
Beware the wordsmiths. This wreaks of secret FBI units inserted into local matters within the media and social platforms, using gun violence as an insertion tool.
Social workers................
If you only needed to score a 1300 on the SAT to figure out how to pull a trigger, we’d all be much safer.
Some Black Lives didn’t matter and were ended by this POC. Accurate Justice would return the same.
In my best Chris Rock voice: Can’t even have a Graduation.
Father===36 years old named Smith
“SON” ===18 years old named Jackson...
Father & son & do NOT have same last name???
Step dad probably
That’s just ig’nant!
Someone should tell black youths that black lives matter. Why does no one do this?
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