The news about a Store Manager killing six employees in Virginia Walmart has ranked searches on the internet. This horrific incident which has taken away 7 lives with the accused inclusive, happened on Tuesday night in Virginia Walmart.
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The information reaching our team is that the investigative authorities have been able to identify the identities of 5 of the six victims who were killed. The accused also killed himself after the incident happened.
The names of these five deceased are Lorenzo Gamble, Brian Pendleton, Kellie Pyle, Randall Blevins, and Tyneka Johnson per the news from the City of Chesapeake. The name of the sixth person was withheld because he is a minor 16 years according to the news.
A sighted release on the internet read:
“The City of Chesapeake has always been known as the ‘City That Cares’ and now, more than ever, we know our City will show up and care for those who need it most,”
“Please join us in praying for the family and friends of these community members who we have lost.”
According to the news released to the public by the city, the accused is called Andre Bing. He is a 31-year-old man who had been working with the Walmart Company since 2010. Their statement disclosed that Bing works as an overnight team leader and was armed with one handgun with multiple magazines on his person.
Chesapeake Mayor Rick West in a video stated:
“Law enforcement will do what they can and I promise you, more information will follow,”
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Per the reports given by the police, about 50 people were present in the shop. The tragedy was said to have happened around 10:12 pm and the police arrived at the scene a few minutes later.
Some comments from colleague employees read:
“I just left out the breakroom … (the gunman) starts cappin’ people up in there,” Harper said in a Facebook Live video. The video is no longer on his Facebook page, but it has been re-shared on social media.
“He came in there and just started spraying,”
“It sounded loud as s**t but it was so many of the same kind of sound I don’t know what the hell else it could have been,”
“We feel tragedies like this personally and deeply. But this one is especially painful as we have learned the gunman was a Walmart associate,” Furner said in a statement.
“The entire Walmart family is heartbroken. Our hearts and prayers are with those impacted, and we are grateful for the actions of first responders.”
“I’m crying, I’m shaking,” Jeffery told CNN.
“I had just talked to her about buying turkeys for Thanksgiving, then this text came in.”
The police are still investigating the incident and our readers will be updated. In other news, the accused is reportedly dead after sustaining self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
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