KNEW EACH OTHER? Altria theater shooter, Amari Pollard, targeted graduate victim, Shawn Jackson, during Huguenot High School graduation in Richmond

Altria theater shooter, Amari Pollard, targeted graduate victim, Shawn Jackson, during Huguenot High School graduation in Richmond.

Pollard, of Enrico County, was arraigned on two charges of second-degree murder Wednesday morning and held without bail.

“I still can’t shake the image of Shawn receiving CPR on the ground still in his graduation gown,” Richmond School District Superintendent Jason Kamras said at a Wednesday briefing as his voice quivered.

Pollard opened fire on the joyous gathering around 5:15 p.m. as jubilant families milled outside the Altria Theater after seeing Huguenot High School graduates walk the stage to receive their diplomas.

Cops said a total of seven people were hit by gunfire, including Jackson and his father. The remaining five victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said the shocking incident has sparked concerns over retaliation, and that local “violence interrupters” have been deployed to quell tensions.

“They knew each other and had an ongoing dispute,” Edwards said, adding that there were no indications that the shooting was gang-related at this point.

Shawn Jackson, 18, and his father, Lorenzo Smith, 36, were both killed Tuesday in the gunfire, which sent hundreds fleeing in panic outside the state capital’s Altria Theater after the graduation ceremony for Huguenot High School. Five other people were wounded by gunfire, and at least 12 more suffered other injuries or were treated for anxiety due to the mayhem, according to police.

Richmond Interim Police Chief Rick Edwards said the shooting suspect, Amari Pollard, 19, knew Jackson and the two had been embroiled in a dispute for more than a year. Edwards said the nature of the dispute is still being investigated.

“This was targeted at one individual. … That’s what we know at this time,” Edwards said during a news conference Wednesday.

Pollard was arraigned Wednesday morning on two counts of second-degree murder, said Colette McEachin, Richmond’s top prosecutor. Pollard said he intends to hire an attorney, so the court continued the case until a hearing later this month, McEachin wrote in an email. Pollard was ordered held without bond. Court records did not immediately list an attorney who could speak on his behalf.