{"id":3236,"date":"2022-07-06T21:40:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T21:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2022-07-06T21:40:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T21:40:59","slug":"richmond-police-say-a-tip-helped-them-thwart-planned-mass-shooting-on-fourth-of-july-by-two-non-american-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=3236","title":{"rendered":"Richmond Police Say a Tip Helped Them Thwart Planned Mass Shooting on Fourth of July by Two \u2018Non-American Citizens\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Richmond Police are praising a tipster that they say led to them thwarting a planned mass shooting on Fourth of July in the city.<\/h3>\n<p>A mass shooting took place in Highland Park, Illinois, on the same day at an Independence Day parade.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference on Wednesday, the Richmond Police said that a \u201chero citizen\u201d had offered a tip that led to them arresting two people and seizing three firearms and 223 rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are Julio Alvarado-Dubon and Rolman Balacarcel \u2014 neither of whom are American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>According to law enforcement, they were planning to target Richmond\u2019s July 4th celebration at the Dogwood Dell amphitheater and a city baseball game.<\/p>\n<p>The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/3547620-richmond-police-say-hero-citizen-tipped-off-officers-helped-prevent-mass-shooting-on-july-4th\/\">reports<\/a>, \u201cofficers, who also worked with the FBI on the case, arrested and charged Julio Alvarado-Dubon with being a non-U.S. citizen in possession of a firearm on Friday. A second suspect, Rolman Balacarcel, was surveilled by police throughout the holiday weekend and arrested and charged on the same count on Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Richmond Police Department Chief Gerald Smith said that the tipster, who they are not identifying at this time, contacted them on July 1 about the plan.<\/p>\n<p>The citizen had overheard a conversation between the two suspects, who were roommates, indicating that they intended to commit a mass shooting.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived at the suspects\u2019 residence, they say that there was \u201cevidence in plain view\u201d backing up what the tipster had told them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne phone call saved numerous lives on the Fourth of July,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThe success of this particular investigation can only be juxtaposed against the horrors of which the rest of the country has seen. There is no telling how many lives this hero citizen has saved from one phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both suspects remain held without bond.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2022\/07\/richmond-police-say-tip-helped-thwart-planned-mass-shooting-fourth-july-two-non-american-citizens\/\">Richmond Police Say a Tip Helped Them Thwart Planned Mass Shooting on Fourth of July by Two \u2018Non-American Citizens\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richmond Police are praising a tipster that they say led to them thwarting a planned mass shooting on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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