Two dead in the shooting during graduation in the USA

Two people were killed and seven were injured in a shooting during a graduation ceremony at a high school in Virginia (USA), local authorities reported.

An 18-year-old student and a 36-year-old man who attended the event have been identified as two of the dead in the attack, according to the acting police chief of Richmond, the state capital. Rick Edwardsat the press conference.

Authorities have already arrested the alleged attacker, a 19-year-old man, who is being charged with two counts of second-degree murder, Edwards added.

Police believe that the person responsible knew at least one of the two people who died.

Among the injured, mostly adult men, according to the interim police director, there is also a nine-year-old girl who was hit by a car and is in a hospital in the area.

multiple agents police officer Those who were inside the venue where the prom was held reported hearing the sound of gunshots around 5:30 p.m. local time, the agent explained.

These officers called for reinforcements, who later went to the scene, where they found the wounded.

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney expressed his condolences to the victims and their families during the same press conference, noting that the attack was not only “tragic” but “traumatic” for those present as it was during the graduation ceremony.

What comes to my mind is the question, is nothing sacred anymore?” said the mayor.

They have been reported so far this year 278 mass shootings -with more than four victims, injured or dead- in the country, according to the Gun Violence Archive.