RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Amari Pollard, the shooter convicted in connection with Huguenot High School's deadly graduation shooting, spoke exclusively with 8News as he continues his efforts to appeal his guilty plea despite a dismissal in the court of appeals.

On June 6, 2023, seven people were shot and several others were injured in Richmond's Monroe Park following Huguenot High School's graduation ceremony. Eighteen-year-old graduate Shawn Jackson and his stepfather, Lorenzo Smith, both died.

While there are several points of view of what happened that day, there are two accounts we will never hear from because they are no longer living: Jackson's and Smith's.

Pollard, who was 19 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty to Jackson's first-degree murder. Now 21 years old, he is current

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