(Reuters) – All but one of the victims of Friday’s mass shooting in Virginia Beach were municipal employees. They were named on Saturday at a news conference by Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen. They are:
Paramedics prepare a staging area for victims in this still image from video following a shooting incident at the municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. May 31, 2019. WAVY-TV/NBC/via REUTERS
> Laquita C. Brown: Public Works employee – 4 years, Right-of-Way Agent, Chesapeake
> Tara Welch Gallagher: Public Works employee – 6 years, Engineer, Virginia Beach
> Mary Louise Gayle: Public Works employee – 24 years, Right-of-Way Agent, Virginia Beach
> Alexander Mikhail Gusev: Public Works employee – 9 years, Right-of-Way Agent, Virginia Beach
> Katherine A. Nixon: Public Utilities employee – 10 years, Engineer, Virginia Beach
> Richard H. Nettleton: Public Utilities employee – 28 years, Engineer, Norfolk
> Christopher Kelly Rapp: Public Works employee – 11 months, Engineer, Powhatan
> Ryan Keith Cox: Public Utilities employee – 12.5 years, Account Clerk, Virginia Beach
> Joshua O. Hardy: Public Utilities employee, 4.5 years, Engineering Technician, Virginia Beach
> Robert “Bobby” Williams: Public Utilities employee, 41 years, Special Projects Coordinator, Chesapeake
> Michelle “Missy” Langer: Public Utilities employee, 12 years, Administrative Assistant, Virginia Beach
> Herbert “Bert” Snelling: Contractor, Virginia Beach
(The story corrects victim’s middle initial in paragraph 10 after Virginia Beach officials issued an official correction.)
Reporting by Gary Robertson and Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Alistair Bell