About 20 people in her second-floor office were hugging and holding one another, she said, as a bloody scene unfolded in the building. They heard gunshots, shouts from police officers to “get down” and frantic conversations in a stairwell outside their office, she said. One of those injured was a police officer, who was saved by his bulletproof vest, said Chief James A. Cervera of the Virginia Beach Police Department. “This is the most devastating day in the history of Virginia Beach,” Mayor Robert M. Dyer said at an evening news conference. Dale T. Gauding, a spokesman for Sentara Healthcare, said five patients were taken to Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.

Source: New York Times May 31, 2019 21:33 UTC