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06.07.2022 / 19:33

Richmond police: July 4 mass shooting thwarted in Virginia's capital

RICHMOND, Va. - Police in Richmond, Virginia, said Wednesday that they thwarted a planned July 4 mass shooting after receiving a tip that led to arrests and the seizure of multiple guns.Authorities announced the alleged plot in a news release, but did not release any additional information. Chief Gerald Smith planned a news conference for Wednesday afternoon.A spokesperson for the police department did not immediately respond to a call seeking additional details of the planned shooting.File: Richmond, Virginia seen in May 2022.

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Teen gunman who opened fire after Virginia high school graduation targeted graduate: police

RICHMOND, Va. - 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.Shawn Jackson, 18, and his father, Lorenzo Smith, 36, were both killed Tuesday in the gunfire, which sent hundreds fleeing in panic outside the state capital’s Altria Theater after the graduation ceremony for Huguenot High School. Five other people were wounded by gunfire, and at least 12 more suffered other injuries or were treated for anxiety due to the mayhem, according to police.Richmond Interim Police Chief Rick Edwards said the shooting suspect, Amari Pollard, 19, knew Jackson and the two had been embroiled in a dispute for more than a year.

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Virginia mom fights for change after toddler's hot car death

RICHMOND, Va. - Anderson Beck was the whole world to his mom and dad.The 18-month-old was a big ball of sunshine zooming through his Richmond, Virginia, home. His mother, Laura Beck, remembers her son constantly running up and down the hallways playing peekaboo.Anderson Beck was the first and only child of Laura and Aaron Beck. He was born on Dec.

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Robert E. Lee statue removed in Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia brought in a deconstruction crew surrounded by a heavy police presence on Wednesday to remove one of the nation's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Gen. Robert E.

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Bowman pulls off swift late move to win Cup race at Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. – Alex Bowman passed Denny Hamlin on a restart with 10 laps to go and drove away at Richmond Raceway for his third career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series.

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California officer on leave after being spotted at Proud Boys protest

RICHMOND, VA - JANUARY 18: A man holds up for sale a "Proud Boys" T-shirt, referring to the far-right political organization that promotes and engages in political violence, near the state Capitol on January 18, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. There is h FRESNO, Calif. - A Fresno police officer who is under investigation after being captured in photos and video at a protest with members of the far-right Proud Boys group has been put on leave, officials said.Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama launched an internal affairs investigation after police became aware of the photos and footage, the department said in a statement Sunday.

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NASCAR: Keselowski dominates in playoff win at Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. – Brad Keselowski entered NASCAR's playoffs certain he has as good a chance at the Cup championship as favorites Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin. He even predicted he’d win at Richmond Raceway.

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George Floyd hologram to appear at sites of former Confederate statues in week-long tour

RICHMOND, Va. - A hologram of George Floyd is set to appear at the sites of former Confederate statues across the U.S.The display, called "A Monumental Change: The George Floyd Hologram Memorial Project," will first be shown July 28 at the Robert E. Lee statue, renamed by Black Lives Matter activists as the Marcus David Peters Circle, in Richmond, Virginia. It will travel to five sites this week in North Carolina, Georgia and more, mirroring the route of the 1961 Freedom Rides. That year, civil rights activists sought to end segregated transportation in the South by taking bus rides, leading to bombings and beatings by angry White protesters and arrests by local authorities, according to the Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Falwell apologizes for tweet that included racist photo

RICHMOND, Va. – RICHMOND, Va.Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. apologized Monday for a tweet that included a racist photo that appeared on Gov.

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Crews inspect, but won't yet remove, Richmond's Lee statue

RICHMOND, Va. – RICHMOND, Va.Workers for the state of Virginia inspected Richmond's huge statue of Gen. Robert E.

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Protesters topple Confederate statue in Virginia capital

RICHMOND, Va. – RICHMOND, Va.A small group of demonstrators toppled a statue of a Confederate general in the the former capital of the Confederacy late Saturday, following a day of largely peaceful protests in the Virginia city.The statue of Gen. Williams Carter Wickham was pulled from its pedestal in Monroe Park, a Richmond police spokeswoman said.

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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to announce removal of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue

RICHMOND, VA - AUGUST 25: A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, is photographed at the center of Lee Circle along Monument Avenue on Friday, August 25, 2017, in Richmond, VA. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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