Richmond Police have made an arrest in a shooting on the campus of Virginia Union University on Saturday, during the HBCU’s Homecoming weekend.
Avantae Brooks, 22, of Richmond, was charged with attempted murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in the shooting, which was reported at 8:33 p.m. on Saturday night.
One man was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
Brooks drove himself to the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury; per the release from the Richmond PD, detectives have determined the injuries to Brooks were the result of accidentally shooting himself during the incident.
The weekend shooting was the second in a week on the VUU campus.
Late Tuesday night, a man was shot in the parking lot of the Claude G. Perkings Living and Learning Center.
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