Police in Richmond, Virginia, said two suspects were planning a mass shooting at a Fourth of July celebration.
Virginia police say a"hero citizen" helped prevent a mass shooting allegedly planned at a Fourth of July celebration in Richmond.and dozens more injured in a mass shooting at a July Fourth parade in a Chicago suburb on Monday.
Acting on the tip that day, police began an investigation along with Homeland Security, Smith said. Officers responding to an apartment in Richmond"saw evidence in plain view that corroborated the hero witness' statement," Smith said. Authorities allege the two were plotting a mass shooting at a Fourth of July celebration at the Dogwood Dell Amphitheater. The Diamond baseball stadium was another area of concern, Smith said.
Investigators are working to trace the weapons seized, Smith said. The FBI is also involved in the investigation, he said. News of the alleged mass shooting comes after the 21-year-old suspect in Monday's Highland Park shootingto the massacre, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect allegedly contemplated another attack that day in Madison, Wisconsin, authorities said.
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