What the records say
- When
- 31 May 2019
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 13
- Coordinates
- 36.75° N, 76.06° W
- Description
- 2019 mass shooting in Virginia Beach
- Injured
- 5
2019 Virginia Beach shooting
Mass shooting in Virginia, U.S.
On May 31, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The gunman, 40-year-old DeWayne Craddock, a disgruntled city employee, fatally shot 12 people and wounded four others before he was killed by responding police officers during an exchange of gunfire.
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