they are facing five murder counts and may also face hate crime charges, but the motive behind the attack remains unclear. the deadly shooting at a walmart in chesapeake, virginia overnight was mass shooting number 607 this year. the man armed with a handgun and multiple magazines opened fire inside his store, killing six people, for killing himself. the suspect has been identified as a long time walmart manager. the motive? at this point, it is also unclear. chesapeake police released the names of most of the victims tonight. they are 38-year-old brian pendleton, 52 year old kelly pile, 43 year old lorenzo gamble, 70 year old randy blevins, all from chesapeake. 22-year-old, tanika johnson from portsmouth, virginia. police did not identify or release a picture of the sixth victim, a 16 year old boy from chesapeake.
elevens, 70, tanika johnson, age 22. the sixth victim as a 16 year old resident of chesapeake, virginia. his name and photo are being withheld because he is a minor. now, this latest mast murder just happened just three days after a gunman killed five people and injured 18 others at an lgbtq nightclub in colorado springs. that shooting came amid a slew of anti-gay and anti-trans sentiment voiced by many of the right. now, we are learning that the gunman has deep ties to internet hate groups. ben collins, a senior reporter of nbc news, he covers all next reasons. he has been researching the colorado suspects online presence. ben, before you start, i misread the prompter before. there is no internet connection for the other mass shooting as far as we know. in fact, we don t know the motive at all. in this case, though, what have we learned about the shooter here? so, with the colorado shooter, we have learned several things. first of all, we have traced an
six were murdered, four people were injured at walmart last night in chesapeake, virginia. we now know the identities of five of them. kelly pile, randall blah vents, and tanika johnson. a 16-year-old male. 16 years old. police say the gunman was 31-year-old employee andré being, and overnight shift team leader. this is video of him from 2016, reported by a former walmart worker. police believe he took his own life and was dead upon their arrival. coworkers say he exhibited odd and threatening behavior in the past. here s one harrowing account
pendleton, 52 year old kelly pile, 43 year old lorenzo gamble, 70 year old randy blevins, all from chesapeake. 22-year-old, tanika johnson from portsmouth, virginia. police did not identify or release a picture of the sixth victim, a 16 year old boy from chesapeake. so for mass shootings 601 on saturday to mass shooting 70 six or seven on saturday that means in between, in those three days, there were another five mass shootings in this country. that is more than one mastering per day. number 600 into, also happened on saturday in washington park, illinois. one person was killed, three injured. number 603, also saturday in philadelphia, mississippi. one killed, six injured. number 604, on sunday, tennessee, oklahoma.