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Schools on lockdown after shooting on 29th Street
10/09/2013 11:22 AM by John M
The shooting was reported at 10:42 a.m. in the 1700 block of North 29th Street, near the Nine Mile Road intersection, and initial reports were that a male was struck by gunfire and driven to VCU Medical Center in a private vehicle.
Police ordered the lockdown of five East End schools: Armstrong High School and Franklin Military Academy, along with Fairfield Court, Woodville and George Mason elementary schools.
School lockdown lifted after Richmond shooting
http://wtvr.com/2013/10/09/richmond-man-shot-near-schools/
Boy, 17, shot in Richmond’s East End
http://www.timesdispatch.com/local/crime/boy-shot-in-richmond-s-east-end/article_5b0cd28b-5c11-5761-844f-339a656ed448.html
“A 17-year-old boy was shot and wounded Wednesday in Richmond’s East End, prompting a police investigation that briefly placed five city schools on lockdown.
The shooting was reported at 10:42 a.m. in the 1700 block of North 29th Street, near Nine Mile Road. The teen’s wounds were not believed to be life-threatening. He was driven to VCU Medical Center in a private vehicle.”
It wasn’t just those five schools. My child attends Bellevue Elementary, I received a call after school yesterday explaining that they were also on “lockdown” in response to the incident.
CMS also went on a trial “lockdown” because while they were told it was not necessary to go on lock down, they did so as a “practice run.”