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Eleven people were killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia, police said.
Police said the suspect, a long-term and current Virginia Beach public utilities worker, fired “indiscriminately” at employees.
The gunman, whose identity was not released, was killed when police responded to the incident.
Reports of the shooting started shortly after 16:00 (20:00 GMT) on Friday.
Police Chief James Cervera said the gunman engaged police officers and was killed when officers opened fire.
A police officer was among the six wounded after a bullet struck his vest, Chief Cervera told reporters.
Police said they believed the gunman had acted alone. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.
The area around the building, which contains a range of city government buildings, was put into lockdown and employees evacuated.
“We just heard people yelling and screaming at people to get down,” Megan Banton, an administrative assistant in the building, told local television news station WAVY.
Another employee told the AP news agency she and others heard shooting, but didn’t think the gunfire was close.
“I just thank god they were able to alert us in time, because if it had been 10 minutes more we would have all been outside,” Sheila Cook said.
Eleven people were killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia, police said.
Police said the suspect, a long-term and current Virginia Beach public utilities worker, fired “indiscriminately” at employees.
The gunman, whose identity was not released, was killed when police responded to the incident.
Reports of the shooting started shortly after 16:00 (20:00 GMT) on Friday.
Police Chief James Cervera said the gunman engaged police officers and was killed when officers opened fire.
A police officer was among the six wounded after a bullet struck his vest, Chief Cervera told reporters.
Police said they believed the gunman had acted alone. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.
The area around the building, which contains a range of city government buildings, was put into lockdown and employees evacuated.
“We just heard people yelling and screaming at people to get down,” Megan Banton, an administrative assistant in the building, told local television news station WAVY.
Another employee told the AP news agency she and others heard shooting, but didn’t think the gunfire was close.
“I just thank god they were able to alert us in time, because if it had been 10 minutes more we would have all been outside,” Sheila Cook said.
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