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Emergency responders fight a fire after lightning struck the house of Ola Slaughter in Richmond, Va., on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023.

A demonstrator holds up a sign in front of the Charlottesville Police Station during a Black Lives Matter march in Charlottesville, Va., on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020.

A group of students hugs during a walk out at Buford Middle School against gun violence following a mass shooting at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.

Community members become emotional as the University of Virginia’s George Rogers Clark memorial is prepared for removal in Charlottesville, Va., on July 11, 2021.

Alene Lawson opens a drawer in the kitchen of her house which on caught fire the day before in Charlottesville, Va., on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

A Confederate flag is burned at the beginning of a Black Lives Matter noise demonstration on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., on June 13, 2020.

A Charlottesville High School student dances across the stage during graduation at Ting Pavilion in Charlottesville, Va., on Thursday, June 9, 2022.

Leah Puryear, the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center board chair, speaks in front of the Charlottesville Circuit Court before a court hearing about a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Va., on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.

Charlottesville High School students chant during a walkout in protest of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's proposed restrictions on transgender students' rights in Charlottesville, Va., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022.

A local activist leads a chant during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Charlottesville, Va., on June 21, 2020.

A medical professional performs a free COVID-19 test in the parking lot of a church in Charlottesville, Va., on May 23, 2020.

Jonathan Spivey, the director of the MLK Community Choir, leads the group in song during a memorial service in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Over nine thousand attended the service at John Paul Jones Arena to honor three students who were killed on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. 

Rapper and singer Doechii performs on the Solar Stage at the Something in the Water festival in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, April 28, 2023

From left, Daniel Flores, Patrick Serrano and Ferdz Tresvalles sit in the bleachers during an Independence Day celebration at Fort Gregg-Adams in Petersburg, Va., on Monday, July 3, 2023.

Kalen Anderson processes through the arena at an Upper Mattaponi Pow Wow in King William County, Va, on Saturday May 27, 2023

From left, Curtis Elementary School students Jacqueline Aldana Gonzalez, Jordyn Barton and Andy Perez Luna wave goodbye to their teachers on the last day of the 2022-23 year for Chesterfield County Public Schools on Friday, June 2, 2023.

A bus idles behind police tape during an active shooter situation at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. Three Virginia students were killed on this bus during a field trip.

Khalil Watson, who was paralyzed in 2016 after being shot, walks across the stage at his college graduation with the help of a robotic exoskelton in Richmond, Va., on Monday May 15, 2023.