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Still from a Virginia Embankment Law officer's body camera footage equally they make their way toward Building 2 of the Virginia Beach Municipal Middle during the mortiferous May 31, 2019, mass shooting

WARNING: This video may be triggering to some, every bit it contains some cursing and discussions of the casualties.

Virginia Beach mass shooting body camera footage

VIRGINIA Embankment, Va. - Virginia Embankment Police have released body camera footage of the tragic mass shooting that took place three years ago in Edifice 2 of the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.

On May 31, 2019, a gunman entered Building 2 and opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring four others. Of the 12 victims, xi of them worked for the city.

Police released the body camera footage to News 3 Tuesday.

The video captures police responding to the tragedy.

You lot can hear radio traffic of officers entering the building and making their manner to the shooter, who barricaded himself in a room.

At the start of the video, an officer tin can exist seen quickly putting on a bulletproof vest. The residual of the video contains primarily audio.

"What was the last known location of the shooter? Where is he isolated?"
"He'south isolated between the second and third floor."

Some of the video's audio is difficult to hear, and the visuals in the building are blocked by the officer'southward ballistic vest; however, the video does capture the fear of what it was like existence in that building.

"Nosotros have a male person victim with a gunshot wound to the confront. Still live."

The final investigation written report into the shooting was released in March 2021; no motive was found.

In 2020, the City of Virginia Beach created a special website for remembering the victims of the shooting. The city as well adopted the forget-me-not blossom to create a memorial at Mount Trashmore.

The city's Park & Landscape Services team created the special symbol to honour the victims of the shooting, their families and the unabridged Hampton Roads community.

In 2021, a sand sculpture indicate of reflection, inspired by the "Love for VB" forget-me-not blossom, was installed on 24th Street at the Oceanfront.

This year, the urban center held an in-person anniversary at Mount Trashmore Park for the commencement time since the pandemic, which immune the community to gather and retrieve the lives lost on that tragic day.

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