Jonathan Younger, a member of the Richmond Metropolis Faculty Board, stated he and his colleagues had simply completed celebrating some 300 graduating college students when he heard about 20 consecutive gunshots that “prompted a mad rush dash to get again contained in the constructing.” Emergency medical employees and law enforcement officials had been rapidly on the scene, he stated, including that he had seen many individuals who appeared to have been injured in what he described as a “stampede.” Mr. Younger stated his shock rapidly turned to “disgust and to anger.”
A press release posted on the web site for the Richmond Public Colleges on Tuesday night addressed households and workers members, saying that “after the Huguenot Excessive Faculty commencement ceremony, a taking pictures befell outdoors in Monroe Park.” The message stated all public colleges within the metropolis would shut on Wednesday as a cautionary measure.
“I’m simply bored with seeing individuals get shot,” Jason Kamras, the superintendent of Richmond Public Colleges, stated on the information convention. “Our children get shot, and I urge of the complete group to cease.”
“Our children can’t take it,” Mr. Kamras stated. “Our academics can’t take it. Our households can’t take it anymore. I urge of you to cease.”