In dismissing the claim, U.S. District Judge Roderick Young said Jackson-Smith failed to prove that Harris had a “custodial” relationship over Jackson. Young explained that Harris didn’t have a duty to protect him in the same manner that, say, a prison is liable for protecting prisoners.

The lawsuit filed by the mother and widow of the teenager and man killed outside a high school graduation ceremony at the Altria Theatre in Richmond in 2023 has been dismissed.

One suspect was arrested and another is sought in connection to a shooting near a graduation event in Forest Park, where two were injured. Police consider the at-large suspect dangerous and request public assistance.

The man — suspected of shooting Raqiese Cohen, 21, in the neck on W. 17th St. the night of June 4 — was seen in the image wearing a blue sweatshirt, and ran away heading east on 18th St. and