The gunman who opened fire in a Virginia Beach government building, killing 12 people, had notified a superior of his intention to leave his job, officials said Saturday.
Victims from left, top row: Laquita C. Brown, Ryan Keith Cox, Tara Welch Gallagher, Mary Louise Gayle. Middle row: Alexander Mikhail Gusev, Joshua Hardy, Michelle Langer, Richard Nettleton. Bottom row: Katherine Nixon, Christopher Kelly Rapp, Herbert Snelling, Robert Williams. , killing 12 people, had notified a superior of his intention to leave his job, officials said Saturday.
Police Chief James Cervera said he had no information to indicate that the suspect targeted anyone specifically.were four other engineers who worked to maintain streets and protect wetlands and three right-of-way agents who reviewed property lines. Others included an account clerk, a technician, an administrative assistant and a special projects coordinator. In all, they had served the city of Virginia Beach for more than 150 years.
The municipal building was open to the public, but security passes were required to enter inner offices, conference rooms and other work areas. As a current employee, Craddock would have had the pass to enter the inner offices, Hansen said. The other employees who were killed were identified as Tara Welch Gallagher, Alexander Mikhail Gusev, Katherine A. Nixon, Ryan Keith Cox, Joshua O. Hardy and Michelle"Missy" Langer, all of Virginia Beach; Laquita C. Brown and Robert"Bobby" Williams, both of Chesapeake; and Richard H. Nettleton of Norfolk. The 12th victim, Herbert"Bert" Snelling of Virginia Beach, was a contractor who was in the building to seek a permit.
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