Richmond Police: “Hero” helped save “numerous lives” with a tip that thwarted the July 4 mass shooting
RICHMOND, Virginia – Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith credited a “citizen hero” for a council that “saved numerous lives on July 4.” The July 1 council involved a man or men who “threatened to make a mass shooting on or around July 4,” at the city’s fireworks display at Dell Dogwood in Richmond. Chief Smith …