the gunman also a city employee is dead following a lengthy shootout with police. his name only spoken once. instead putting the focus on the innocent victims who are gone and in the next hour, another press conference is scheduled to take place. we start now with msnbc david gura on the ground right there in virginia beach. david, how is the city trying to cope with this massacre? reporter: they re trying, as you say, fewer than 24 hours after this tragedy happened. there have been a number of vigils taken place already here in virginia beach. there was one this morning at a movie theater that the governor of the commonwealth of virginia ralph northam attended and one this evening at old dominion in norfolk. what i want to stress is this is a large city. this is the largest city in the commonwealth. larger than the capitol richmond. but it is a very close-knit community as i keep hearing as i talk to people who live here and where i m standing now in this municipal complex is a clos
and david gura with us from the scene in virginia beach as well as jim cavanaugh, our former atf special agent. pete, i want to start with you, what stood out to you from that press conference? just that it was two weapons and not just one and that would also explain perhaps how he was able to get off so many rounds. but they re both the same, they re both the .45-caliber handgun. not clear whether both of them had silences or just one. but we know at least one did have a silencer. it seems likely both did based on what the witnesses have said about the sounds of the gunfire sounding rather distant. and who knows whether he shifted to the second one when the police encountered him or what. that will take a while to figure out. just to clarify something, because it may be a little confusing, when the police chief said the fbi is taking over part of this, all of the fbi is taking over is the work inside of that building. the evidence recovery and a very
at a church here in virginia beach and you heard from the communications director of the city say how important that event is going to be. the chief of police doubling down on that as well and he said that this is a time during which the community needs to support law enforcement. he is saying that everyone should be at that vigil. june the 4th, the vigil taking place on tuesday of this week. no doubt it is a scene sadly reminiscent of so many other vigils across the country including virginia back in 2007. msnbc david gura there in virginia beach with the very latest at 6:00 p.m. and our thanks to pete williams and jim cavanaugh as well. thank you. well still ahead, calls for impeachment growing louder from democratic lawmakers but speaker pelosi not ready. could time be running out for congress to act? e running out f congress taco t?
may be fired in 30 days. so there could be disciplining action involved that could have been a precipitating event. and my colleague david gura is standing there in virginia beach outside of the municipal building number two. and one of the last questions brought up there during the press conference dealt with whether or not the complex will be open come monday morning. and a lot of people aren t away of this complex. it is some 30 buildings, it is basically what runs the city of virginia beach. the largest city in all of the commonwealth there. what do you get a sense of what is shut down at this point and i imagine that it will be tough for many people to come back there to that complex. reporter: kendis, there are parts of the campus closed. you could see the police tape prohibiting us from getting closer to building number two but what you re citing is accurate, the center of the government is here. i keep saying it is like a college campus and over here there is a juvenile det
for action whatsoever. david gura there in virginia beach. thanks to you. we ll look forward to your special later on this evening at 6:00 p.m. now officials are calling the mass shooting at virginia beach the darkest hour for that city as david mentioned today. virginia beach governor ralph northam spoke about what he said needs to be done. actions speak much louder than words and so i will make decisions in the upcoming days, but we need to look at our laws. are they safe? do they keep people protected in the commonwealth of virginia? we have introduced legislation each year, fred rica, for the last few years and it has been defeated but things like this continue to happen. we can t be desensitized to the tragedy and it is time to take action. and that is the leader as the leader of virginia and the governor, i plan to do that. joining me now is aaron rouse, a virginia beach council member and a student at virginia