![]() ![]() She said Smith was Jackson’s father, while Edwards later referred to Smith as his stepfather. Jackson had just received his diploma at the graduation ceremony and walked to a nearby park with his father to reunite with the rest of their family when the shooting started, said Tameeka Jackson-Smith, Jackson’s mother and Smith’s wife. Court records did not immediately list an attorney who could speak on his behalf. ![]() 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 arraigned Wednesday morning on two counts of second-degree murder, said Colette McEachin, Richmond’s top prosecutor. “This was targeted at one individual … that’s what we know at this time,” Edwards said during a news conference Wednesday. Edwards said the nature of the dispute is still being investigated. Richmond Interim Police Chief Rick Edwards said the shooting suspect, Amari Pollard, 19, knew Jackson and the two had been embroiled in a dispute for more than a year. Five other people were wounded in the shooting. ![]() Shawn Jackson, 18, and his father, Lorenzo Smith, 36, were both killed Tuesday in the shooting, which sent hundreds fleeing in panic outside the state capital’s city-owned Altria Theater after the graduation ceremony for Huguenot High School. READ MORE: 2 killed in Richmond shooting after high school graduation (AP) - 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. ![]()
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