Richmond

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Gunshots reported at the Greyhound bus station in Richmond, Virginia, with at least six people wounded and two of them being in critical condition.

According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, two of the victims were State troopers and that a third was a female civilian.

The shooter was also shot by police and is arrested.