Capturing reported close to VCU in Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. — Police responded to a report of a capturing close to Virginia Commonwealth University on Tuesday, officers stated, but it surely was not instantly clear whether or not anybody was damage.

VCU stated in a web-based alert within the night that officers had been on the scene within the space of Monroe Park, close to the campus and a big theater.

A spokesperson for VCU police referred an inquiry to Richmond police. City police spokesperson Tracy Walker stated she was heading to the scene and had no agency particulars.

Matthew Stanley, a spokesman for Richmond Public Schools, stated through electronic mail that he didn’t have full particulars about what transpired however was capable of affirm that an incident happened in Monroe Park after a highschool commencement.

Richmond Public Schools stated on its web site {that a} totally different commencement scheduled for later Tuesday had been canceled “out of an abundance of caution.”