Twelve dead in Virginia municipal center shooting, several injured
At least twelve people, including the suspected shooter, have been killed and six others injured in a shooting at a municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the United States, according to reports.
The suspect, identified as a disgruntled city employee, was also killed by police, Virginia Beach's police chief Police Chief Jim Cervera said on Friday.
Cervera said the precise circumstances of the shooting remained under investigation, but added that a police officer was among those who were injured. He was saved by his bulletproof vest.
Cervera identified the suspect as a “long-time employee of public utilities.”
HAPPENING NOW: Police are giving an update on the Virginia Beach shooting. At least 11 people are dead, the suspect is also deceased https://t.co/VWDsoXJcCX pic.twitter.com/mV79YejP9S
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 31, 2019
The shooting took place shortly after 4:00 pm local time (2000 GMT) when the gunman entered one of the buildings at the Virginia Beach municipal complex and "immediately began to indiscriminately fire on all of the victims," Cervera said.
“This is the most devastating day in the history of Virginia Beach,” Bobby Dyer, the mayor of the coastal city, told reporters.
"The people involved are our friends, co-workers, neighbors, colleagues."
UPDATE: there is still a very heavy police presence surrounding building 2 at the municipal center. Police have blocked off much of the parking lot. @WAVY_News pic.twitter.com/nugA9CJQPE
— Tamara Scott (@TamaraScottWAVY) May 31, 2019
Public works @CityofVaBeach employee tells they were sitting at their desk on the 3rd floor when all of a sudden gunshots sounded. Said they saw woman in stairwell injured badly. @WAVY_News #757Alert pic.twitter.com/YUFCwf9pHh
— Brett Hall (@BrettHNews) May 31, 2019
The building where the shooting happened in Virginia Beach, a city which sits on the Atlantic coast at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, housed the city's public works and utilities offices. It is the state's most populous city with roughly 450,000 year-round residents.
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