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Officials in Virginia Beach pushed back on Thursday against what they described as “rumors, innuendo, conflicting theories and speculation” about last month’s mass shooting in a municipal building.
Police responding to the mass shooting at a Virginia Beach, Va., municipal building were unable to confront the gunman because they didn’t have the key cards needed to open doors on the second floor. An expert calls it a “blind spot” for law enforcement response to active shooters.
Companies are hiring a former Secret Service agent and others to tell them how to spot warning signs of office massacres. Yet “not every single case is the next shooter,” says the ex-agent.
Police Chief James Cervera said the gunman “fired indiscriminately” with a .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun on several floors of the municipal building.
Casino giant MGM Resorts told federal regulators it might pay $800 million to settle liability lawsuits stemming from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas — the deadliest in modern U.S. history. An attorney for plaintiffs said “we’re not even close” to a deal.
Three deaths in separate mass shootings over the past month pose the question: What enables ordinary citizens, young and old, to give their lives for others?
The website, where like-minded users with various interests interact with each other, particularly appeals to people who feel pushed off mainstream social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
John T. Ernest, 19, is also charged with arson in an early morning fire at an Escondido mosque last month.
Monday’s court filing enters an additional plea of “not criminally responsible” because a mental disorder either prevented him from appreciating the “criminality of his conduct” or prevented him from following the law at the time of the shooting.
On Feb. 14, the day before the shooting, Gary Martin told a coworker, “If I get fired, I am going to kill every mother f—– in here. I am going to blow police up,” according to the report.