Teenage gunman shoots 7 people, kills 2 after high school graduation in Virginia

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A 19-year-old shot seven people, and killed two of them after , near Virginia Commonwealth University in downtown Richmond following a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday, according to police and school district officials.

following a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday, according to police and school district officials.

Edwards said officers inside a theater where the graduation was taking place heard the gunfire, went outside, and saw multiple victims with gunshot wounds. "We're going to do everything we can to bring the individuals involved in this to justice," Mayor Levar Stoney said at the news conference. "This should not be happening anywhere."

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