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Richmond Police are seeking information on three individuals suspected of crimes ranging from assault to arson during the recent months of unrest. 

The RPV Headquarters, located at 115 E Grace Street, suffered damage to the glass frontage of the building. It's the second time the windows have been smashed this summer.

A multi-department task force performing a walkthrough in the Monument Avenue area observed Hardy carrying a suspected firearm and arrested him on a warrant issued the prior day for an incident in the same area. In addition to the brandishing a firearm charge he also faces charges of possession of a firearm by a felon.

While most of the protests in the city this summer were organized and held by people protesting racial injustice and police brutality, heavily armed demonstrators have also appeared around the state Capitol and other parts of the city during the General Assembly’s special session that started last month.

The new ordinance is based on legislation the General Assembly approved earlier this year to give localities more authority to ban guns in government buildings and public parks. Last year, anticipating the legislation’s passage, the City Council gave symbolic approval to Stoney’s proposal to ban guns in public parks and city buildings after a mass shooting in a Virginia Beach municipal building left 12 dead.

Eight buildings, six vehicles and 16 Dumpsters were found on fire, in addition to 18 blazes involving trash, debris and brush between May 29, when the protests first erupted, through June 15, a fire official concluded from data compiled in a spreadsheet and made available to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Three months after the wild night of demonstrations and riots in Richmond the VCU Police department apprehended two men from Chester and charged them with felony property destruction for their role in damaging nine university vehicles.