

Had the two students been in class rather than skipping school as thousands of students do every day, a shooting likely would have been avoided, city and school leaders noted.

An 18-year-old has been arrested in the case.Īcting Police Chief Richard “Rick” Edwards suggested at a vigil for the students organized by the Police Department that the shooting followed an argument among the three individuals who apparently were hanging out in a wooded area on the edge of the Wythe campus, about a football field west of the building. The latest gunfire incident around noontime April 27 involved two truant George Wythe High school students, both left injured. Another shooting involving Richmond students has once again focused attention on the high level of truancy the city schools experience.
