On May 31, a shooting incident happened to US Virginia
Beach Municipal Center. By this incident, 12 people died. According to the investigation, eleven people among the dead were identified as city hall employees. The suspect was rushed to a hospital after being injured during a gunfight with the police officers, but he eventually died, too. According to his coworker, he has usually complaints. CNN told that this incident is the biggest murder case this year.
According to AP correspondence, the suspect is DeWayne Craddock who worked as an engineer in the Public Facilities Service Department. He went on a shooting spree to people indiscriminately as soon as he entered the Virginia downtown's government office building estate around 4 pm. Craddock met his coworkers before the crime, but his actions were not different from the other day, such as brushing his teeth and having a simple conversation.
According to a survey, he used a 45-caliber revolver which had a silencer and wandered the building interior reloading the gun with an extended magazine. Six people among the dead were identified as workmates of Craddock. The police were irradiating the incident sequence based on his complaints. It was identified that Craddock wandered in three floors. Megan Benton, an employee that worked in the building, said that about the 20 coworkers hid in one office and blocked the door with desks to defend the suspect not to enter the room. He also said that he heard the shout of the police ordering Craddock to drop the gun and pose outside the door. He wanted to come back to his house where his eleven months old son was and hug his family.
Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dier held a press conference and mourned while saying that it was the most terrible day in Virginia. The victims were their friends, fellow coworkers, and neighbors.
Surprisingly, just 12 years ago, there was a gunfight incident which was acquired by Korean person in America. To study safely in school, the US government should make a more strict regulation about using gun and parents also should educate their children not to be the victim by the gun accident.
by Kim Hyun Jun
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