They identified the author of the shooting in Virginia | Chronic

US authorities on Saturday identified the perpetrator of the shooting that occurred Friday at the City of Virginia Beach Municipal Offices, in which 13 people died, including the attacker, and four were injured.

"Dewayne Craddock, 40, was the author, said the Virginia Beach City Manager, Dave Hansenduring a press conference in the coastal city of southeastern Virginia.

The alleged perpetrator of the mbadacre, deceased after an exchange of gunfire with the local police, used a pistol and a rifle with "several magazines" which have been acquired legally, added the manager without giving more details.

At the same time, local media reported that Craddock was an employee of Public Works for 15 years and was about to lose his job.
Other information, indicates that the alleged perpetrator of the shooting had a military past.

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The Virginia Beach Police Chief, James CerveraHe explained Friday that the suspect had entered the building by the end of the afternoon and had started "shoot indiscriminately". Authorities found bodies on three different floors of the building and in the parking lot.

According to Cervera, the attacker died after clashing with two agents who entered the place. Among the wounded is one of the police officers who saved his life with his bulletproof vest. Hansen, for one, stated that all but one victim were city employees.

The right to own and bear arms is protected in the United States by the second amendment to the Constitution, which has sparked debate in recent years because of perpetual firing, particularly in schools.

The worst of recent history occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 1, 2017, when a man opened fire from a hotel room against a crowd attending the hotel. a concert killing 58 people before ending his life.

A year earlier, on June 12, 2016, a man had murdered 49 people and then committed suicide in a club in the city of Orlando, Florida. The third most deadly shootout occurred in April 2007 on a campus of Virginia Polytechnic University, known as Virginia Tech, when student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before to commit suicide.