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U.S. NEWS Monday 3 June 2019

Virginia Beach attacker

notified boss of

plans to leave job

By BEN FINLEY and MICHAEL ed shooter into custody
KUNZELMAN and gave him first aid, Cer-
Associated Press vera said. He was taken
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) from the scene by ambu-
— The gunman who at- lance 36 minutes after offi-
tacked his colleagues at a cers arrived and died at a
Virginia Beach government hospital. A medical exam-
office building resigned iner will determine whether
by email hours before the he was killed by an officer’s
shooting, a city official bullet or his own, the chief
said Sunday as authorities said.
sought a motive in the as- There was no indication he
sault that killed 12 people. targeted anyone specifi-
Officials gave no indication cally. Cervera said inves-
why 40-year-old DeWayne tigators are retracing the
Craddock had notified a gunman’s activities on the
superior of his intention to day of the attack, using his
leave his job as a civil en- electronic keycard to track
gineer in the utilities depart- his movements through se- Names of victims of a mass shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Va., are displayed
ment. He was an employee cure areas of the building. during a vigil at Bridge Church, Saturday, June 1, 2019, in Virginia Beach, Va.
“in good standing” and They are also reviewing his Associated Press
showed “satisfactory” job personal and professional the dead were four other day that they are lucky to guess that Craddock
performance, City Manag- lives trying to find a motive. engineers who worked to be alive after coming face- spared him because they
er Dave Hansen said. “Right now we do not maintain streets and pro- to-face with the gunman parked near each other
Police Chief James Cervera have anything glaring,” he tect wetlands and three during his rampage. and often had lighthearted
described a chaotic scene said. “There’s nothing that right-of-way agents who re- Terry Inman, an account conversations during the
as officers entered the hits you right between the viewed property lines. Oth- clerk in the city’s public morning walk to the build-
building and pursued the eyes. But we are working ers included an account utilities department, said ing.
assailant through a tightly on it.” clerk, a technician, an ad- he turned around and saw “He had the gun down at
packed warren of offices Craddock appeared to ministrative assistant and a Craddock standing there his side. He was so close to
that the chief likened to have had no felony re- special projects coordina- with a gun. Inman said he me. He swung his arm out.
a maze or a honeycomb. cord, making him eligible tor. In all, they had served told him, “DeWayne, stop!” He damn near hit me with
They exchanged fire in a to purchase guns. Govern- the city of Virginia Beach “He turned and looked the gun. That’s how close
protracted gunbattle. Cer- ment investigators identi- for more than 150 years. straight at me, but he didn’t we were,” Carlstrom said.
vera did not know how fied two .45-caliber pistols The 12th fatality was a see me. He looked straight “But he never raised the
many rounds were fired but used in the attack, and contractor who was in the in my face, and he did not gun at me. He looked up at
said it was “well into the all indicators were that he building seeking a permit. see me standing there be- me briefly.”
double digits.” purchased them legally in At least four other people cause he didn’t raise the Inman said he did not know
“In the police world, any- 2016 and 2018, said Ashan who were wounded re- gun. He didn’t even make of any turmoil in Crad-
thing more than three to Benedict, the regional spe- mained hospitalized in criti- an indication that he saw dock’s life.
five shots is a long gunbat- cial agent for the Bureau of cal condition Sunday. anyone there,” Inman “It’s so cotton-picking cli-
tle,” he said. Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire- A handwritten note was told The Associated Press. che you almost hate to say
At one point, the suspect arms. The police chief said posted Saturday at the “To me, that was the Holy it, but he has always been
fired at officers through at least one had a noise suspect’s home expressing Spirit inflecting something rock-solid kind of positive
a door and a wall and hit suppressor. condolences to the shoot- on that man to the point guy. He always had a smile
one officer, who was saved City officials uttered the ing victims on behalf of where he didn’t see Terry on his face,” Inman said.
by a bulletproof vest. Then gunman’s name just once his family. Co-workers de- Inman standing there.” “Nothing in (his) character
the firing stopped, and po- and said they would not scribed him as quiet, nice Inman’s colleague, Ned would cause you to think,
lice realized the gunman mention it again. and polite, and neighbors Carlstrom, crossed paths ‘This guy is going to come in
was holed up in an office. Officers found victims said he was into cars and with the gunman three and kill 11 of my colleagues
When they got into the of- throughout the building, bodybuilding. times and made eye con- ... 12 people that work in
fice, they took the wound- on three floors. Among Two city workers said Sun- tact twice. He can only the same building.’”q