VIRGINIA BEACH, N.C. -- Twelve people are dead and six more injured after a shooting took place inside a city municipal building in Virginia Beach.
- Police say the shooter was a longtime current employee of Virginia Beach's Public Works Department.
- The chief says the shooter walked in and began firing indiscriminately.
- 12 people have died.
Police say the shooter was a longtime current employee of Virginia Beach's Public Works Department.
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The chief says the shooter walked in and began firing a .45 caliber handgun with a suppressor indiscriminately. The lone gunman was killed in a shoot-out with responding officers.
Among those injured was a police officer, and the chief says his bulletproof vest saved his life.
Officials have said they will not be releasing the name of the suspect.
A motive for the shooting has not been established.
On Monday, hundreds of other city workers filed into the Virginia Beach Convention Center for a somber gathering.
An American flag flew from a fire truck outside the convention center.
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