Richmond cold weather shelter criticized for weekend closure

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – As temperatures dropped Monday evening, a steady stream of people made their way to the Caritas Winter Surge Shelter.

Many walking in said they tried to seek shelter there Saturday night, too, but were turned away.

“It’s not cold enough, you can’t come in,” one man recalled of what he was told when trying to enter the shelter…

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