Virginia Beach shooting victims ‘leave a void that we will never be able to fill'

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WWBT) - The 12 victims of the Virginia Beach municipal building shooting were identified on Saturday morning.

City Manager Dave Hansen said during a press conference that the victims will be remembered by what they meant to their families, co-workers and community.

“They leave a void that we will never be able to fill,” Hansen said.

Officials said all but one of the victims were city employees.

Brown was a resident of Chesapeake and worked as a right-of-way agent for four-and-a-half years for Virginia Beach’s public works department.

Gallagher was a resident of Virginia Beach and worked as an engineer the last six years for the city’s public works department.

Gayle was a resident Virginia Beach and a right-of-way agent who worked 24 years for the city’s public works department.

Gusev was a resident of Virginia Beach and a right-of-way agent who worked nine years for the public works department.

Nixon was a resident of Virginia Beach and worked as an engineer for 10 years for the city’s public utilities department.

Nettleton was a resident of Norfolk who worked as an engineer for 28 years for Virginia Beach’s public utilities department. Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen said that he’d served in the United States military with Nettleton in Germany.

Rapp was a resident of Powhatan and worked as an engineer for 11 months in Virginia Beach’s public works department.

Cox was a resident of Virginia Beach who worked as an account clerk for 12-and-a-half years in the public utilities department.

Hardy was a resident of Virginia Beach and an engineering technician who worked four-and-a-half years in the public utilities department.

Langer was a resident of Virginia Beach and an administrative assistant who worked for 12 years in the public utilities department.

Williams was a resident of Chesapeake and a special projects coordinator who worked 41 years in the city’s public utilities department.

Snelling was a contractor who was trying to fill a permit when he was killed.

Hospital officials in Virginia Beach said all three of the victims they are caring for are in the intensive care unit. Doctors said two of the victims had significant injuries and another, who just got out surgery on Saturday afternoon, had “devastating” injuries. A fourth patient was taken to a hospital in Norfolk - there is no word on their condition.

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