Virginia Beach Killer Reportedly Violent With Coworkers

By Tom Knighton

In covering mass shootings over the last couple of years, I’ve noticed one thing that seems to be a common thread among most of the killers. They tend to be abusive jackwagons. Take the Parkland killer, for example. Law enforcement had visited his home more than 40 times prior to his rampage but took no action.

Well, it seems the killer in the Virginia Beach shooting followed that mold.

The gunman who shot dead 12 people at a Virginia Beach municipal building had been facing disciplinary action for a violent fight at work, according to a report.

[Killer’s name redacted], 40, was still employed as an engineer with the Department of Public Utilities when he went on his shooting rampage Friday, killing 12 and injuring several others, including a cop.

But he recently started showing serious behavioral problems and got into physical “scuffles” with other city workers, a source told The New York Times.

The source told the paper that the troubles had escalated in the week leading up to the mass shooting — and [the killer] was involved in what it called “a violent altercation on city grounds.”

[He] reportedly knew he was facing disciplinary action for the fight …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms