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Police search for motive in US shooting that killed 12
    2019-06-03  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

U.S. police in Virginia searched Saturday for the reason why a city engineer fired indiscriminately on his workplace colleagues, turning a municipal building into a war zone as he killed at least 12 people and wounded four before being fatally shot himself.

Authorities named the gunman in Friday’s attack as DeWayne Craddock, who news reports said was 40 years old.

To focus attention on the latest victims of America’s gun violence epidemic, officials said they would not pronounce his name again in public.

Craddock, killed in a fierce gun battle with police, was a current employee of the public works department of Virginia Beach and had worked there for about 15 years, police chief James Cervera told a news conference.

He declined to say if Craddock had been disciplined in recent weeks. Press reports said the gunman had served in the Army National Guard after graduating from high school.

Craddock was armed with two .45-caliber pistols, both of which appeared to have been legally purchased, said Ashan Benedict of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

At least one of the guns was equipped with a sound suppressor and Craddock reloaded with several high-capacity magazines, Cervera said.

U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that he had spoken by phone to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and to Virginia Beach officials to offer his condolences, adding, “God bless the families and all!”

People locked themselves inside offices and cowered on the floor as the gun battle raged. Bullet casings littered the floor, news reports said.

The victims were found on all three floors of the building.

Of the four wounded, three were in critical condition and one was in fair condition Saturday, city officials said.

(SD-Agencies)

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