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Virginia Beach highlights the victims and not the mbad shooter
By Associated Press
Published on: 01:03 EDT, June 2, 2019 | Update: 01:03 EDT, June 2, 2019
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) – Virginia Beach officials are focusing on the victims of the country's latest mbad fire, not the suspect.
City officials quickly released Saturday details and photos of the 12 people who died on Friday.
They spoke little about the man who was identified as being the shooter inside the city building.
The police pronounced the name of DeWayne Craddock at a press conference and promised not to mention it anymore. The 40-year-old man died during a shootout with officers.
This coastal city in Virginia is using an increasingly common public information strategy: Communicate more details about victims of mbad shootings than murderers to limit the exposure of criminals and prevent mug shots.
Deputy City Manager of Public Safety Steve Cover said officials "wanted to control the story."
This combination of photos provided by the City of Virginia Beach on Saturday, June 1, 2019 shows victims of the Friday shooting in a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The top row on the left is Laquita C. Brown, Ryan Keith Cox and Tara Welch Gallagher. and Mary Louise Gayle. The middle row, left, is Alexander Mikhail Gusev, Joshua O. Hardy, Michelle "Missy" Langer and Richard H. Nettleton. The lower left row consists of Katherine A. Nixon, Christopher Kelly Rapp, Herbert "Bert" Snelling and Robert "Bobby" Williams. (Courtesy of Virginia Beach via AP)
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Denise Lavoie, badociate editor, contributed to this report.
Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen, left, Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera in the center, and Mayor Bobby Dyer listening to a press conference on Saturday, June 1, 2019 in Virginia Beach. Virginia. DeWayne Craddock, a longtime employee of the city, opened fire. Friday, at the municipal building, before the police shot him, announced the authorities. (Bill Tiernan / The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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