Renzo Smith, an American man and his 18-year-old graduating son, Shawn Smith have been killed.
The father and son had been killed in a taking pictures at a highschool commencement ceremony on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus, within the United States on Tuesday.
Tameeka Jackson-Smith informed NBC that the taking pictures that killed her 36-year-old husband, Renzo Smith and her son additionally left 5 others injured, in accordance with police.
United Communities Against Crime, an area group, additionally shared the identities of the slain father and son on behalf of the household, in accordance with NBC.
One of two individuals initially taken into custody, a 19-year-old man, was suspected within the taking pictures, Richmond’s interim police chief, Rick Edwards, Stated at a information convention. A second one that was taken into custody was uninvolved, he stated.
The suspect, who has not been publicly recognized, faces two counts of second-degree homicide, Edwards Stated. Authorities believed the suspect knew a minimum of one of many victims, he stated.
Smith had been in attendance to look at his son graduate, Edwards stated. Police had not but publicly launched the names of the victims as of early Wednesday.
The 5 injured victims — all male — are ages 14 to 58, he stated.
One of them, who’s 31 years previous, was being handled for life-threatening accidents, and 4 had accidents not considered life-threatening, Police Stated.
Nine extra individuals had been handled for nervousness and minor accidents and two individuals for falls, police stated. A 9-year-old who was hit by a automotive was handled on the scene and launched and later went to a hospital, police stated.
Mayor Levar M. Stoney stated, “Children were involved here, at graduation. This is tragic but also traumatic. Because this is their graduation day.”
The taking pictures occurred at Monroe Park, an open house on campus, at 5:13 pm, authorities stated. Four firearms had been recovered, Edwards stated.
Five individuals had been taken to the hospital from the world with gunshot wounds, and two extra gunshot victims self-transported to the hospital, police stated.
Huguenot High School’s commencement was scheduled to be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday on the Altria Theater, adjoining to the park, in accordance with the college’s web site.
In a discover posted on its web site, Richmond Public Schools stated the taking pictures occurred within the park after the commencement ceremony. It stated that each one district colleges can be closed Wednesday and that each one highschool graduations this week have been cancelled.
