<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - ‘Enough is enough’: Kamala Harris addresses Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Two men have been arrested in connection to a mass shooting plot targeting Richmond, Virginia's Fourth of July celebration, authorities said Wednesday. The arrests came after a July 1 phone call tipped off police and spurred an investigation.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"One phone call" saved an unknown number of lives over the holiday weekend, authorities said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Police seized over 200 rounds of ammunition, two assault rifles and one handgun from an apartment where the men were living. Authorities also saw "related material" in plain view upon being let into the apartment without a warrant, police said.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Their intent was to conduct a mass shooting," Richmond Police Chief Gerald M. Smith said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The caller, whose identity was not released, learned about the plot because they "overheard a conversation that there was a mass shooting being planned . . . at our Fourth of July celebration," Smith said.</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:441px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/07/06/USAT/2d03e3ae-4c79-4142-b505-5a8f4ed5a139-AP22187671069335.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/07/06/USAT/2d03e3ae-4c79-4142-b505-5a8f4ed5a139-AP22187671069335.jpg?width=1320&height=882&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Richmond Police Chief Gerald M Smith gestures during a press conference at Richmond Virginia Police headquarters, Wednesday July 6, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Police said Wednesday that they thwarted a planned July 4 mass shooting after receiving a tip that led to arrests and the seizure of multiple guns."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">HIGHLAND PARK:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/nation/2022/07/06/highland-park-shooting-american-gun-violence/7808978001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:7|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">They emigrated for the American dream and survived a shooting on the Fourth of July.</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">'WE TOOK HIM TO SAFETY':</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/nation/2022/07/06/toddler-parents-killed-highland-park-shooting/7818629001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:8|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Highland Park rallied to help toddler after his parents were killed.</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The mass shooting plot was going to target Richmond's Dogwood Dell Amphitheater, the site of the city's fireworks display.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Smith said investigators also had concerns the plot could have targeted The Diamond, Richmond's minor league baseball stadium, where the Flying Squirrels played against the Reading, Pennsylvania Fightin Phils...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/06/planned-shooting-richmond-va-july-4-thwarted-two-men-arrested/7821139001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
