弗吉尼亚联合大学返校节周末枪击：里士满校园旁口角升级为枪声，2名男子受伤
当地时间10月24日晚约8时30分，美国弗吉尼亚州里士满市弗吉尼亚联合大学（Virginia Union University）校园旁发生枪击：该校返校节周末人群聚集之际，校园旁的 North Lombardy Street 1500号段响起枪声，2名成年男子中枪受伤，所幸均无生命危险。
里士满警察局长 Rick Edwards 表示，初步调查显示，这起枪击源于校园内 Henderson Hall 附近的一场口角，冲突随后升级为枪声。事发时周边有大量参加返校节活动的学生、校友和访客，枪声响起后人群四散奔逃。
警方称，由于返校节的安保安排，执法人员当时就驻守在校园内，约一分钟内即赶到现场。警员在现场发现一名中枪男子并将其送往医院；另一名中枪男子随后自行前往医院就诊。两名伤者的伤势均无生命危险。
截至10月25日，警方尚未公布任何逮捕消息，也未确认作案动机，两名伤者的身份尚未公开，案件仍在调查中。弗吉尼亚联合大学是一所位于里士满的私立传统黑人大学，事发时正值该校返校周的高潮周末，校园内连日举行庆祝活动。
这已是该校返校周内第二起枪击事件：据当地媒体报道，10月20日晚，校园内 Huntley Building 附近的停车场也曾发生枪击，一名男子中枪受伤、伤势无生命危险，校方当时一度封锁校园。警方尚未说明两起事件是否有关联。
同一个周末，另一所传统黑人大学也未能平静度过返校节：佛罗里达农工大学返校节之夜在 Tallahassee 发生枪击，共12人受伤。
关联：跟进：Tallahassee返校夜枪击：五名伤者已出院、六人仍留院其中一人危重，警方设立专线征集线索
来源：GSM·美国
Two Men Shot Near Virginia Union University During Homecoming Weekend in Richmond, Virginia
RICHMOND, Virginia — Two adult men were shot and wounded near the Virginia Union University campus on the evening of Saturday, October 24, as the historically Black university in Richmond, Virginia, was celebrating its homecoming weekend. Richmond police said officers responded at about 8:30 p.m. to the 1500 block of North Lombardy Street, by the campus, after reports of gunfire. Both men were injured but neither wound was life-threatening.
Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said investigators believe the shooting grew out of an altercation near Henderson Hall, on campus, that escalated into gunfire. Large crowds of students, alumni and visitors were in the area for homecoming events, and many people fled when the shots rang out.
Because officers were already stationed on campus for the homecoming celebrations, police said they reached the scene within about a minute. Officers found one wounded man at the scene and took him to a hospital; a second man later arrived at a hospital on his own with a gunshot wound. Both were reported to have non-life-threatening injuries.
As of Sunday, October 25, police had announced no arrests and had not confirmed a motive. The two men have not been publicly identified, and the investigation is continuing. Virginia Union University is a private, historically Black university in Richmond; the shooting came at the peak of its homecoming week festivities.
It was the second shooting around the campus within the homecoming week: according to local media reports, a man was shot late on October 20 in a parking lot near the Huntley Building on campus and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, prompting a temporary campus lockdown. Police have not said whether the two incidents are connected.
Another historically Black university also saw its homecoming marred by gunfire the same weekend: 12 people were injured in a shooting on Florida A&M University's homecoming night in Tallahassee, Florida.
Source: GSM·USA
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图片来源：弗吉尼亚联合大学校园内的 Pickford Hall（资料图）。图片来源：Morgan Riley / Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 3.0。Pickford Hall on the Virginia Union University campus (file photo). Photo: Morgan Riley / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
