Virginia Community Reels from Two Tragic Shootings in One Week

An 18-year-old graduate and his 36-year-old stepfather were killed in a shooting after a high school commencement ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday evening. A suspect, a 19-year-old man, is in custody, and police are seeking second-degree murder charges against him. The shooting marks one of at least 279 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The violence added Richmond to a long list of communities across the country to grapple with the terror of mass shootings in recent months.