Walmart gunman railed at co-workers in ‘dying notice’ earlier than Virginia retailer capturing By Reuters

(Reuters) – A Walmart (NYSE:) supervisor who killed six co-workers earlier than turning the gun on himself this week left a rambling notice on his cellphone during which he railed towards different workers on the Chesapeake, Virginia, retailer who he felt had mocked and betrayed him.

The notice was launched by town of Chesapeake on Friday in an replace on its investigation into why the suspect, recognized as 31-year-old Andre Bing, started firing on staff gathered in a break room earlier than their in a single day shift late on Tuesday.

Bing, who was staff chief for the shift, was armed with a handgun when he shot some however not the entire workers assembled within the break room, witnesses and police stated, elevating the prospect that he could have focused people.

In a search of his dwelling, investigators discovered ammunition and varied objects associated to the 9mm handgun, together with a receipt, in line with the replace from Chesapeake, a metropolis of 251,000 individuals about 200 miles (320 km) south of Washington.

“The gun was legally bought from a neighborhood retailer on the morning of Tuesday Nov. 22. He had no legal historical past,” town stated in a press release on Friday.

In his notice, Bing made reference to an unspecified work failure on his half and perceived slights from co-workers, who he felt have been mocking him. He stated he believed his cellphone had been hacked and “was giving the worst feeling conceivable.”

“The associates gave me evil twisted grins, mocked me and celebrated my down fall the final day,” he wrote. “That is why they endure the identical destiny as me.”

Bing additionally wrote within the doc titled “dying notice” that he deliberate to spare an individual, whose title was redacted, as a result of she had a particular place in his coronary heart, citing his personal mom’s dying from most cancers.

Requested to touch upon Bing’s notice, Walmart stated in a press release: “There may be nothing that may justify taking harmless lives. Our focus continues to be on the households who’re grieving and supporting our associates by means of this troublesome time.”

Along with the seven lifeless, together with Bing, two persons are being handled in space hospitals. One is in vital situation and one’s situation is bettering, town stated.

The Chesapeake capturing got here on the heels of final weekend’s bloodbath in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the place a gunman killed 5 at an LGBTQ nightclub.

The USA averages two mass shootings per day, when outlined as an incident killing or injuring 4 or extra individuals, in line with GunViolenceArchive.org.