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.
Additionally, 52-year-old Xue Aifang of Flushing, New York, was charged with prostitution and frequenting a bawdy place, both of which are Class 1 misdemeanors in Virginia.