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Virginia Beach Shooting: 12 Victims Identified in Government Office Attack Virginia Beach Shooting: 12 Victims Identified in Government Office Attack
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VIRGINIA BEACH — The Virginia authorities on Saturday identified the dozen victims of a shooting rampage at a government office complex and named the suspect in the attack for the first — and they said only — time.VIRGINIA BEACH — The Virginia authorities on Saturday identified the dozen victims of a shooting rampage at a government office complex and named the suspect in the attack for the first — and they said only — time.
Most of the victims, city officials said, worked for the Virginia Beach government, several of them for decades. The police chief, James A. Cervera, said the suspect in the attack, DeWayne Craddock, had also been a municipal employee for about 15 years.Most of the victims, city officials said, worked for the Virginia Beach government, several of them for decades. The police chief, James A. Cervera, said the suspect in the attack, DeWayne Craddock, had also been a municipal employee for about 15 years.
Chief Cervera, speaking at a news conference on Saturday morning, said he did not intend to say the name of the suspect, who was killed on Friday, again in public.Chief Cervera, speaking at a news conference on Saturday morning, said he did not intend to say the name of the suspect, who was killed on Friday, again in public.
He refused to discuss a possible motive for the attack, which he said left “a horrific crime scene” and provoked “a long-term, large gunfight” with police officers who responded to the Virginia Beach Municipal Center. He declined to discuss a possible motive for the attack, which he said left “a horrific crime scene” and provoked “a long-term, large gunfight” with police officers who responded to the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.
[What we know about the gunman.][What we know about the gunman.]
City Manager David L. Hansen said that Mr. Craddock was still employed by the city at the time of the “senseless and incomprehensible” shooting on Friday afternoon and that he had been “authorized to enter the building.”City Manager David L. Hansen said that Mr. Craddock was still employed by the city at the time of the “senseless and incomprehensible” shooting on Friday afternoon and that he had been “authorized to enter the building.”
All but one of the 12 victims were city employees. The authorities identified them as Laquita C. Brown, Tara Welch Gallagher, Mary Louise Gayle, Alexander Mikhail Gusev, Katherine A. Nixon, Richard H. Nettleton, Christopher Kelly Rapp, Ryan Keith Cox, Joshua A. Hardy, Michelle “Missy” Langer and Robert Williams.All but one of the 12 victims were city employees. The authorities identified them as Laquita C. Brown, Tara Welch Gallagher, Mary Louise Gayle, Alexander Mikhail Gusev, Katherine A. Nixon, Richard H. Nettleton, Christopher Kelly Rapp, Ryan Keith Cox, Joshua A. Hardy, Michelle “Missy” Langer and Robert Williams.
The other victim, Herbert Snelling, was a contractor who was at the city government’s vast campus of office buildings to file a permit.The other victim, Herbert Snelling, was a contractor who was at the city government’s vast campus of office buildings to file a permit.
There was no immediate indication that Mr. Craddock targeted anyone in particular, officials said, and four people were in serious condition on Saturday. Once Mr. Craddock began shooting, he continued to fire throughout the building.There was no immediate indication that Mr. Craddock targeted anyone in particular, officials said, and four people were in serious condition on Saturday. Once Mr. Craddock began shooting, he continued to fire throughout the building.
Additional weapons were found at the scene and at the suspect’s home, though officials did not specify what kind.Additional weapons were found at the scene and at the suspect’s home, though officials did not specify what kind.
[Read more about the attack in Virginia Beach.][Read more about the attack in Virginia Beach.]
The vast complex where the attack took place was quiet on Saturday morning.The vast complex where the attack took place was quiet on Saturday morning.
Under an overcast sky and behind yellow crime scene tape that stretched hundreds of yards, a handful of F.B.I. agents in blue shirts and cargo pants walked toward the building where the gunfire erupted on Friday afternoon.Under an overcast sky and behind yellow crime scene tape that stretched hundreds of yards, a handful of F.B.I. agents in blue shirts and cargo pants walked toward the building where the gunfire erupted on Friday afternoon.
State troopers, some of them parked in spaces ordinarily used for curbside absentee voting, enforced a perimeter, the flashing blue lights of their cars visible more than a mile down Princess Anne Road.State troopers, some of them parked in spaces ordinarily used for curbside absentee voting, enforced a perimeter, the flashing blue lights of their cars visible more than a mile down Princess Anne Road.
The attack ranks among the deadliest workplace shootings in the United States in recent years.
In 2017, the most recent year for which data is available, there were 458 work-related homicides, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was a slight decrease from 2012, when there were 475 workplace homicides.
But many workplace killings happen under far different circumstances, like robbery or domestic violence, than Friday’s shooting apparently did.