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12 Dead During Mass Shooting in Virginia

Virginia, USA - Virginina's police chief, James Carvera reported that today on Saturday (1/6) morning a total of 11 people were reported killed in the mass shooting carried out by someone in Virginia Beach, United States. The police identified the suspect as a local government official of the Public Works Department. Carvera stated that, until now the local authorities were still carrying out investigations and investigating the crime scene. In addition to 11 people died, six others were injured as well.

Carvera confirmed that the suspect has died, but it was not certain if the suspect killed himself or when he was involved in a shootout with the police, since the police officer was also a victim of the shooting, but certainly survived.

The police chief also said the event occurred at 4 pm local time when the bullets hit Building 2 in the city center, a facility that accommodates public works and city utilities next to City Hall. Virginia Beach, which is located on the Atlantic coast at the corner of the Chesapeake Bay, is the most populous city in the state with population around 450,000 thousand people.

Mayor Bobby Dyer at a press conference with the head of police chief mentioned that, this is the most devastating day in the history of Virginia Beach especially the people involved were friends, coworkers, neighbors, their close colleagues, and it was still shocking to him too.

Source: https://www.cnnindonesia.com/internasional/20190601070951-134-400200/penembakan-massal-di-virginia-as-12-tewas-termasuk-pelaku