Richmond Police Say They Thwarted Fourth Of July Mass Shooting; More Va., Headlines

A Staff Report from the Virginia Mercury

July 7, 2022

• Richmond police said a citizen’s tip helped them stop a planned mass shooting targeting a Fourth of July celebration. Details on the alleged plot are scarce. And the two men, who are from Guatemala, have only been charged with possession of a firearm by a non-citizen.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Women incarcerated at Virginia’s Fluvanna Correctional Center say they’re being served spoiled food. Prison officials disputed the claims.—The Appeal

• Some Virginia Beach residents are searching for answers after a pair of drownings on typically calm Chesapeake Bay beaches.—Virginian-Pilot

• A Radford man convicted of stealing from a hemp farm has been ordered to pay $300,000 in restitution.—Roanoke Times

• Charlottesville resident Khizr Khan, a Gold Star father who famously criticized former President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom today.—Daily Progress

• Virginia is devoting almost $5 million to preserve Civil War battlefields in the Shenandoah Valley.—WTOP

• A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit over conditions at a privately run immigration detention center in Farmville.—Associated Press

• A Virginia Beach brewery is demanding the safe return of a colorful dolphin statue named Brewdolf. “Don’t make us go full Liam Neeson from Taken on you.”—Virginian-Pilot

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