A Virginia community is reeling after a man armed with a handgun shot and killed six people and injured several others in a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake.
Survivors said the gunman walked into a break room and opened fire on Nov. 22.
The suspect, a current employee, died at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Two victims remain in the hospital and two have been released, Walmart said Tuesday.
In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, a Walmart employee accused the company of being negligent by continuing to employ suspected shooter Andre Bing despite a written complaint the employee submitted about Bing's alleged disturbing behavior more than two months before the shooting.
Donya Prioleau, an employee who had worked at Walmart for more than a year and was in the room during the shooting, alleged Walmart knew or should have known about Bing's "violent propensities" and accused the company of failing to "enact any preventative measures to keep Walmart customers and employees safe," according to the suit.
Prioleau is seeking $50 million in damages.
Walmart said that it's reviewing the complaint and "will be responding as appropriate with the court."
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Walmart has announced plans to close the Chesapeake store for the "foreseeable future."
"All associates will continue being paid regardless of planned schedules," CEO John Furner wrote in an email to staff on Tuesday.
The company is supporting the victims' families with funeral, travel and other expenses, and the Walmart Foundation intends to contribute $1 million to the United Way of South Hampton Roads' Hope & Healing Fund, "which will support those impacted by the shooting and the broader Chesapeake community," Furner added.
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The FBI and Chesapeake Police Department's forensic unit have completed their crime scene investigation at the Walmart store, the city said Saturday.
"The store will now be handed back to Walmart who will determine what comes next for this location," the city said in an update on Twitter.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, the city said.
Walmart said in a statement that it plans to "work very closely with our associates and rely on their input to determine the best time to reopen the store."
The FBI & Ches. PD Forensic Unit have completed their crime scene investigation at Walmart. The store will now be handed back to Walmart who will determine what comes next for this location. Please contact Walmart for further info. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
— City of Chesapeake (@AboutChesapeake) November 26, 2022
The Chesapeake City Council will meet on Monday at 5 p.m. for a special meeting where leaders are expected to confirm the emergency declaration to "free up funding to support recovery following the Walmart shooting," the city tweeted on Friday.
The declaration states: "as a result of this tragedy, impacted citizens face the need for continued emergency resources and necessitating the proclamation of a local emergency to alleviate this condition."
Chesapeake City Council will hold a special meeting on Monday, Nov. 28 at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers to confirm the Emergency Declaration, which will free up funding to support recovery following the Walmart shooting. No other matters will be discussed. pic.twitter.com/mbKH9Mzocv
— City of Chesapeake (@AboutChesapeake) November 25, 2022
The state of emergency, if agreed upon, will continue through Dec. 5, 2022.
After the council meeting, city officials will gather with the mayor for a public citywide candlelight vigil with Chesapeake Mayor Rick West.
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Brian Pendleton, one of the six people killed in the shooting, would have turned 39 next week, his mother said in an emotional phone interview Wednesday.
"He had a real big heart," his mother, Michelle Johnson, said. "Anybody that wanted to laugh, or just want company, he'd buy you lunch. He'd buy you anything in a minute."
Pendleton worked at the Walmart for nearly 11 years as a custodian and "loved his job," she said.
"He was just a hard worker and a good kid," she said.
When a family friend called and told her there had been a shooting at his Walmart, Johnson's husband went to where families had been told to convene for reunification. He was told Brian had been transferred to Norfolk General Hospital, so Johnson and her husband drove there, she said.
"We waited, and then the police came out with a nurse and they took us to a side room and that's when they told us that he didn't make it," Johnson said, choking up.
"That's when they said that he didn't make it," Johnson said, sobbing. "I just wondered, was he afraid at that time? I know my son. I didn't want him to be afraid, and I didn't want him to hurt."
Pendleton had a condition called congenital hydrocephalus. Johnson has it too, she said, but they had both been "blessed" not to have a severe case.
"We're fighters, and we trust the Lord," she said.
This was Pendleton's favorite time of year, with Thanksgiving and his birthday on Dec. 2, said Johnson.
"I don't understand why, what happened, happened," she said.
"I will never go near that Walmart again," she added.
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