Richmond, Virginia Police THWARTED a Planned July 4 Shooting

Police in Richmond, Virginia, said Wednesday that they thwarted a planned July 4 mass shooting after receiving a tip that led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of multiple guns — an announcement that came just two days after a deadly mass shooting on the holiday in a Chicago suburb.

A “hero citizen” overheard a conversation indicating there was an attack being planned on the city’s Independence Day celebration and alerted the police. An investigation led to the arrests of two men on charges of being a non-U.S. citizen in possession of multiple firearms, with two assault rifles, a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

The apparent thwarted plot was planned for the same day that a gunman opened fire from a rooftop during a Fourth of July parade in the affluent Chicago suburb of Highland Park, killing seven people and injuring more than three dozen.