Authorities Name 12 Victims Of Virginia Beach Municipal Center Shooting
10:00 AM 06/01/2019 | US Evie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter Authorities named the 1..
Evie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter
Authorities named the 12 victims in Fridays shooting in Virginia Beach at a press conference Saturday.
A disgruntled employee is the suspected gunman who opened fire on coworkers in a municipal building Friday around 4 p.m., police said.
Eleven of the 12 victims were city employees, city manager Dave Hansen said Saturday, according to CNN. The victims are:
- Laquita C. Brown, a right-of-way agent
- Tara Welch Gallagher, an engineer
- Mary Louise Gayle, a right-of-way agent
- Alexander Mikhail Gusev, a right-of-way agent
- Katherine A. Nixon, an engineer
- Richard H. Nettleton, an engineer
- Christopher Kelly Rapp, an engineer
- Ryan Keith Cox, an account clerk
- Joshua A. Hardy, an engineering technician
- Michelle “Missy” Langer, an administrative assistant
- Robert “Bobby” Williams, a special projects coordinator
- Herbert “Bert” Snelling, a contractor
Four others were injured and taken to the hospital, reported The Virginian-Pilot. The suspected gunman, a longtime city worker identified as 40-year-old DeWayne Craddock, died when officers responded with gunfire and is counted among the 13 dead. (RELATED: 13 Killed Including Suspected Gunman In Virginia Beach Municipal Center: Police)
Evacuees walk away from a building 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
Police enter a building 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 REURead More – Source
