FBI: Virginia Beach Municipal Center shooter motivated by perceived workplace grievances, which he fixated on for years
In an assessment of the the mass shooting that took place in 2019, the FBI said the person responsible purposely isolated himself from people to hide his intentions. Author: Brian Farrell Updated: 12:31 PM EDT June 9, 2021
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it provided its final briefing on the municipal center shooting in 2019 to the Virginia Beach Police Department. In that briefing, the FBI gave its final assessment of the shooter s motivation for the shooting that left 12 people dead and several others hurt.
BAU assesses the shooter’s perceived grievances began taking shape as early as 2014, and he purposely isolated himself by disengaging from relationships to conceal his intentions.
FBI Provides Final Briefing on the Virginia Beach Municipal Center Shooting to the Virginia Beach Police Department
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has concluded its investigative assistance to the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD) regarding the mass shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center on May 31, 2019, and has provided a final verbal briefing to the police department.
At the request of VBPD, the FBI provided significant law enforcement assistance to the police department’s response and investigation of the incident. In the immediate aftermath, the bureau deployed crisis management and operational personnel to assist with the local response. This included field Evidence Response Teams and experts from the FBI Laboratory who conducted a complex 10-day evidence recovery operation and forensic investigation of the crime scene in Municipal Center Building 2, and specialists from the Victim Services Division who were deployed to support victims, family members, an
Published: 09 June 2021
The FBI said it believes the gunman in the 2019 Virginia Beach mass shooting “was motivated by perceived workplace grievances.”
In the bureau’s final briefing on the deadly shooting, released Wednesday, a team from the Behavioral Analysis Unit offered its assessment of the gunman, describing him as someone who fixated on these grievances for years and struggled with mental health.
The shooter, a city engineer, killed 12 people and wounded four others at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center on May 31, 2019. He then died in a shootout with police.
WHRO is not using the shooter’s name to avoid giving him attention for his actions.