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| Virginia Beach: 11 people killed in shooting at government building, police say | |
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| Eleven people were killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia, police said. | Eleven people were killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia, police said. |
| Police said the suspect, a long-term and current employee at Virginia Beach Municipal Center, where the shooting occurred, fired "indiscriminately". | Police said the suspect, a long-term and current employee at Virginia Beach Municipal Center, where the shooting occurred, fired "indiscriminately". |
| The gunman, whose identity was not released, was killed when police responded to the incident. | |
| Reports of the shooting started shortly after 16:00 (20:00 GMT) on Friday. | |
| Police Chief James Cervera said the gunman was killed after officers opened fire. | |
| A police officer was among the six wounded after a bullet struck his vest, Chief Cervera told reporters. | |
| Police said they believed the gunman had acted alone. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear. | |
| The area around the building, which contains a range of city government buildings, was put into lockdown and employees evacuated. | |
| "We just heard people yelling and screaming at people to get down," Megan Banton, an administrative assistant in the building, told local television news station WAVY. | |
| "This is a tragic day for Virginia Beach and our entire Commonwealth," Virginia governor Ralph Northam said on Twitter. | |
| "My heart breaks for the victims of this devastating shooting, their families, and all who loved them. I am on my way to Virginia Beach now and will be there within the hour." | |
| Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer described it as "the most devastating day" in the city's history. | Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer described it as "the most devastating day" in the city's history. |
| The FBI was at the scene helping local authorities investigate the shooting, US media reported. | The FBI was at the scene helping local authorities investigate the shooting, US media reported. |
| According to US tracking website Gun Violence Archive this is the 150th mass shooting incident in the US this year. | |