Gun Owner Wanted To Bring Firearm To Work At Virginia Beach Shooting Location, Didn’t Out Of Fear Of Losing Job

By CN Staff

Via TTAG

The shooter who murdered 12 people in a Virginia Beach municipal building on May 31 was enough of a concern to at least one fellow city employee that she considered bringing a firearm to work to protect herself the day of the shooting.

Kate Nixon was a city engineer who worked with the shooter. Her family’s attorney was interviewed on a local radio station yesterday.

As the Virginian-Pilot reports . . .

The public utilities engineer was concerned about DeWayne Craddock “as well as one other person,” said Kevin Martingayle, an attorney working with Nixon’s family. So on the night of May 30, Nixon had discussed with her husband, Jason, “whether or not she should take a pistol and hide it in her handbag,” Martingayle said. She decided against it because of a city policy that prevents employees from bringing weapons to work.

If Nixon had been caught at work with the firearm, she likely would have lost her job. She was one of those murdered during the shooting.

Julie Hill, a city spokeswoman, said she was not aware of Nixon’s concerns. Hill stressed that police are investigating all aspects …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation