Remembering Those We Lost, 6 Years After Virginia Beach Municipal Center Shooting

Saturday marks six years since Virginia Beach shooting

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - May 31 marks six years since the deadly mass shooting in Virginia Beach that took the lives of 12 people and wounded several others. The shooting took place at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach where a disgruntled city employee opened fire. Eleven of the victims were city employees and one was a contractor in the building to obtain a permit. The gunman was killed in a shootout…

Remembering those we lost, 6 years after Virginia Beach municipal center shooting

On May 31, 2019, a gunman entered Building 2 at the municipal center, killing 12. A moment of silence will be held at 4:06 p.m., the time of the first 911 call.

Love for VB: Community invited to ceremony honoring lives lost in May 31, 2019 mass shooting

Above is WAVY coverage from 2019 remembering the victims of the Virginia Beach mass shooting. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - The City of Virginia Beach is inviting the community to show "Love For VB” in remembrance of the lives lost in a mass shooting at the Municipal Center Complex on May 31, 2019. The city is hosting a six-year remembrance ceremony on Saturday, May 31, 2025 in honor of those killed and the survivors still healing from the unthi…

Why are flags at half-staff in Virginia?

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered all United States and Virginia flags to be flown at half-staff on Saturday. The order requires all Virginia flags to be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings in the Commonwealth. The gesture aims to honor the 12 victims who died during a shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center in 2019, according to a release from the governor’s office. The former city employee also hur…