rooster59 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Virginia Beach gunman who killed 12 was disgruntled city engineer By Gary Robertson Police evacuate people from a building as a stretcher stands by in this still image taken from video following a shooting incident at the municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. May 31, 2019. WAVY-TV/NBC/via REUTERS VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Reuters) - The gunman who killed 12 people at a Virginia Beach municipal building before dying in a shootout with police was identified on Saturday as a disgruntled city engineer and co-worker of most of the victims. All but one of the victims from Friday's mass shooting in the coastal resort community were employed by the city, officials said, while the other was a contractor seeking a permit. Four people were wounded. The gunman, DeWayne Craddock, had worked for the city's public utilities department for about 15 years, Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera said at a news conference. He declined to comment on any possible motive. "These are 12 individuals who came to work ... thinking they would go home in the evening, and they didn't return and it left a tremendous void in their families and in our community," Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said at a news conference. It was the worst mass shooting in the United States since November 2018, when a dozen people were slain at a Los Angeles-area bar and grill by a gunman who then killed himself. Bodies were found on all three floors of the Virginia Beach building and in a car parked outside, according to authorities. Cervera described the crime scene as "horrific" and said that investigators who spent the night inside the building endured a "physical, emotional and psychological toll." Police said the gunman was armed with two .45 calibre pistols and used an employee pass to enter secure areas before firing "immediately and indiscriminately" on victims while reloading with multiple extended ammunition magazines. At least one of the pistols was fitted with a "sound suppressor," police said. Both handguns were bought legally by the shooter within the last three years, Ashan Benedict, a special agent at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, told the news conference. Two more firearms were found at the home where Craddock lived alone, he said. After the attack began, two police supervisors from a building across the street arrived within minutes, Cervera said, and they were quickly joined by two police dog-handlers. The suspect was killed after a lengthy gun battle. The victims who worked for Virginia Beach had been employed for between 11 months and 41 years. Six worked in the public utilities department and five were employed in the public works department. A number of vigils and commemorations are planned, including a memorial service the city is organising for Thursday evening. MAKESHIFT BARRICADES The bloodshed unfolded at Building Two of the municipal centre complex on Friday afternoon as workers prepared to leave for the weekend. Some survivors recounted how they cowered in fear after stacking desks against office doors as makeshift barricades. Three of the wounded victims were in critical condition and a fourth was in fair condition at local hospitals, said Julie Hill, a spokeswoman for Virginia Beach. A police officer who was shot but saved by his ballistic vest has been treated and released, she said. Cervera said he would only name the gunman once, and hereafter refer to him just as "the suspect." According to local media, Craddock was 40 years old and had no serious criminal record. He served in the Virginia National Guard from 1996 to 2002, and was assigned to a Norfolk-based battalion as a cannon crew member, a guard spokesman said, adding that Craddock's records do not indicate any overseas deployments. Cervera said 40 agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are recovering evidence at the crime scene, which lies in a complex of office buildings several miles inland from the town's popular seashore, situated on the Atlantic coast at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Virginia's most populous city has roughly 450,000 year-round residents. Its police department had trained for a mass shooting, and even planned to hold a citizen workshop on active shooter situations on Saturday. The workshop was cancelled. On Saturday, Melissa Millemon, a daycare worker, and Tina Devault, who works for a heating and cooling company, were among local residents who came to the shooting site to lay flowers, American flags, and other tributes to the victims. Both said they either knew someone who had been killed or had a friend or acquaintance who knew one. "One of my friends lost her neighbour," Millemon said, adding that a member of the local softball community was also killed. "It's a sad day," Devault said. (Reporting by Gary Robertson in Virginia Beach; Additional reporting and writing by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Daniel Wallis, Paul Simao and Chris Reese) -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-06-02 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 What a piece of scat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thakkar Posted June 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2019 The 150th mass shooting so far this year in America. An average of about one a day. That makes mass shootings as American as Apple Pie. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwinchester Posted June 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2019 And all you'll hear from the retards is that more 'good guys' need to be armed and that 'now is not the time' to discuss gun control. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power of life yoga Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 2 hours ago, rooster59 said: It was the worst mass shooting in the United States since November 2018, In 7 months ???? that makes me laugh America is a country built on fighting and war. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumbleweed Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 4 hours ago, rooster59 said: Virginia Beach gunman who killed 12 was disgruntled city engineer And there was me thinking he did it for no reason. Just goes to show, you should never jump to conclusions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasane Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Domestic terrorist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted June 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2019 It's a pretty sad country where 95% of schoolchildren are taught survival techniques when an active shooter is on the loose, because the country as a whole can't kick its addiction to firearms. Twisted values. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted June 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2019 How many mass shootings take place in other nations? How many in the US? 176 so far in 2019 alone. How about school shootings? You look at Japan. Zero. Germany. Zero. And school shootings? There have been at least 288 school shootings in the United States since January 1, 2009. That's 57 times as many shootings as the other six G7 countries combined. The US is a very sick nation. On life support. Never going to be great again. In a constant state of decline. The NRA does not help. Easy access to guns does not help sick minds to behave. Are the problems facing American culture fixable? I do not think so. 25 years of binging on Reality TV comes at a very high cost. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howbri Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 5 hours ago, Thakkar said: The 150th mass shooting so far this year in America. An average of about one a day. That makes mass shootings as American as Apple Pie. Exaggerate much? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodomino Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Many Americans believe an Weaponized citizenry will prevent an undemocratic regime from getting control of the mechanisms of democratic government. It’s rather amusing....America lost its democracy to Oligarchs and corporations decades ago. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thakkar Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 List of shootings so far this year. Warning, take a stiff drink before you begin scrolling through the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2019 There are depressed/disgruntled/wacky/terroristic people everywhere. But only in America are mass shootings such a regular phenomenon. Is it because Americans are somehow “special?” Or is it because guns are too easily accessible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 4 hours ago, howbri said: NO, 50 years of liberalism is coming home to roost. Total BS. It is the GOP that insists on free reign for the terror group known as the NRA. Placate yourself all you want with your false MAGA. The NRA owns the GOP. Restricting access to guns means fewer random acts of violence, by nut jobs. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmrfudd Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 45 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: Total BS. It is the GOP that insists on free reign for the terror group known as the NRA. Placate yourself all you want with your false MAGA. The NRA owns the GOP. Restricting access to guns means fewer random acts of violence, by nut jobs. unfounded in reality. but if it works for you....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmrfudd Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 5 hours ago, nodomino said: Many Americans believe an Weaponized citizenry will prevent an undemocratic regime from getting control of the mechanisms of democratic government. It’s rather amusing....America lost its democracy to Oligarchs and corporations decades ago. we are not a democracy. we are a constitutional republic. with the first and second amendment to ensure it stays that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 As the expression goes if you wake up in the morning and you think someone at work is an <deleted>, fine. If you wake up in the morning and you think everyone at work is an <deleted> you should probably take a look in the mirror to see who the <deleted> really is. RIP to the victims and condolences to the families and community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Off-topic, troll, baiting posts and replies removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickBradford Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 I hate to think what would happen if every "disgruntled" city employee in London had easy access to high-powered firearms. The place would resemble Aleppo, within a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pique Dard Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 2:17 AM, rooster59 said: It was the worst mass shooting in the United States since November 2018 is mass shouting an event out of the ordinary? tell me "people" don't buy weapons anymore, i might be surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mcseismic Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 And the solution? "Thoughts and prayers" as per usual....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 1:31 PM, nodomino said: Many Americans believe an Weaponized citizenry will prevent an undemocratic regime from getting control of the mechanisms of democratic government. It’s rather amusing....America lost its democracy to Oligarchs and corporations decades ago. Absolutely correct. The corporations do not own the US government. The corporations are the US govt. More so under Trump. He never met a lobbyist he could say no to. The US Congress, senate and executive branch represent some of the most corrupt politicians on this planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 20 hours ago, elmrfudd said: we are not a democracy. we are a constitutional republic. with the first and second amendment to ensure it stays that way You are right. We are not a democracy. The US is owned, controlled, and bought and paid for by its corporations. The citizens are the last concern in the world, for its leaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 trump, at least I think it's him, arrives at a church in Virginia Beach, after playing a round of golf, and wearing golf shoes, for thoughts (he didn't speak so no prayers). Wow, without the bronzer he looks ghostly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 A troll post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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