Herbert “Bert” Snelling of Virginia Beach, who was a contractor working on filling a permitRobert “Bobby” Williams of Chesapeake, who served in public utilities for more than 41 years as a special projects coordinatorMichelle “Missy” Langer of Virginia Beach, who served in public utilities for 12 years as an administrative assistantJoshua A. Hardy of Virginia Beach, who served in public utilities for 4 1/2 years as an engineering technicianRyan Keith Cox of Virginia Beach, who served in public utilities for more than 12 1/2 years as an accountantChristopher Kelly Rapp of Powhatan, who served in public works for 11 months as an engineerRichard H. Nettleton of Norfolk, who served in public utilities for more than 28 years as an engineerKatherine A. Nixon of Virginia Beach, who served in public utilities as an engineer for more than 10 yearsAlexander Mikhail Gusev of Virginia Beach, who served in public works for more than nine years and was a right-of-way agentMary Louise Gayle of Virginia Beach, who served in public works for more than 24 years and was a right-of-way agentTara Walsh Gallagher of Virginia Beach, who served in public works as an engineer for more than six yearsLaquita C. Brown of Chesapeake, who served in public works for 4 1/2 years and was a right-of-way agentIn a Saturday morning press conference, Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen read the names of the victims, many of whom were longtime public works and public utilities employees in the area:NEW: The names of the 12 victims who were killed during a mass shooting at the Municipal Center in Virginia Beach Friday are read at a press conference by officials. https://t.co/IJNplWdWSW pic.twitter.com/vg4yI4qo8yJust after 4 p.m. on Friday, police were alerted to shots fired at the city office building, which is part of a large municipal government complex downtown. According to Police Chief James A. Cervera, an employee had entered the building and began firing indiscriminately at staffers on multiple floors using what is believed to have been .45-caliber handgun with a silencer. Four officers confronted him at the scene and exchanged fire in what Cervera called a “long-term gun battle,” after which the shooter died.

Source: Huffington Post June 01, 2019 14:03 UTC