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.
in Richmond, Virginia, targeted an 18-year-old graduate he had a long-running dispute with, police said 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. Court records did not immediately list an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
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 Jackson, and then went to his car to retrieve a handgun. Other guns were also retrieved from the scene, Edwards said.
No officers were injured amid the incident and no officers discharged their weapons, according to Edwards.
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