US Politics | Chesapeake Walmart shooting suspect Andre Bing, 31, pictured after ‘shooting dead six co-workers before killing himself’
AUTHORITIES have identified the Walmart shooting suspect who left six coworkers dead and four others injured as Andre Bing. Bing, 31 \- who Walmart confirmed as the overnight team lead at the Chesapeake branch in Virginia \- is suspected of entering the supercenter late Tuesday and opening fire. 
Andre Bing has been identified as the suspect in the Walmart shootingChesapeake Police 
EPAPolice officers executed a search warrant at suspect Andre Bing's home overnight '/ ' 
APWalmart said Bing was a longtime employee and was the overnight team lead '/ ' 
FacebookLoved ones identified Tyneka Johnson as one of the victims of last night's massacre '/ ' 
APThe shooting unfolded at around 10.12pm, less than an hour before closing time '/ ' Earlier reports indicated a different number of victims, but police confirmed Wednesday afternoon that there were six victims plus the suspect who died in the shooting. Police rushed to the scene of the massacre after receiving reports of a shooting at around 10.12pm, less than an hour before closing time. First responders located the first victim outside the front entrance of the store, three others, including Bing, were found dead inside the break room. Investigators believe Bing died of a self-inflecting gunshot wound. More on the Walmart shooting 
THANKSGIVING MASSACRE Seven shot dead in Walmart after 'store manager opened fire' 
RED FLAG Eerie warning Chesapeake Walmart worker received about 'mass shooter' manager Three additional victims were transported to area hospitals, where they died of their injuries. A family member identified one of the victims as 22-year-old Tyneka Johnson, an employee at the Walmart store. In an interview with News 7, the unidentified loved one described Johnson as the ...nicest person who never bothered anyone.... The other five victims have been identified by Chesapeake officials as Lorenzo Gamble, 43, Brian Pendleton, 38, Kellie Pyle, 52, Randall Blevins, 70, and a juvenile described only as a 16-year-old. Most read in The US Sun KEEPING TABS Chilling reason Delphi suspect Richard Allen may have chosen to work in a CVS 'HOPE SHE'S OKAY!' Mariah fans fear for the singer after her performance at the parade COVID CRISIS China faces 'critical' Covid crisis as 400MILLION people plunged into lockdown GIVING THANKS Al Roker reveals major health update in heartwarming Thanksgiving vid CUFFING SEASON I'm a hot cop - men confess their crimes when they see me in a bikini TASTE OF HER MEDICINE The View's Whoopi gets shut down by A-list guest in shock exchange Six others were transported to area hospitals, one is currently in critical condition. Bing was an employee at Walmart since 2010, the company confirmed in a statement to The U.S. Sun. ...The alleged shooter has been identified as Andre Bing,... Walmart said. ...We can confirm that he was a Walmart associate. Andre's position with the company was overnight team lead and he's been employed with us since 2010. ...We are focused on doing everything we can to support our associates and their families at this time.... The Walmart store is expected to remain closed for several days while the investigation continues, police said Wednesday. Moments after the bloodbath, an employee shared a video outside the store on social media and also claimed ...one of the managers... was behind the brutal slayings. The unidentified worker said: ...He blew his brains out and everything. He killed the girl in there and everything. ...He came in and started spraying. I'm sorry for the victims.... Police said Wednesday that about 50 shoppers were scattered around the store at the time of the shooting. It was presumed the store may have been busy as shoppers hastily prepared for Thanksgiving. Witness Jeromy Basham, who was shopping at the Walmart at the time, told the Times he saw at least one body being carried out in a shopping cart. Employee and survivor Briana Tyler described the harrowing moments leading up to the shooting in the break room. Tyler told Good Morning America that there were 15 to 20 employees gathered in the break room waiting to learn their duties for the day when Bing swung the door open and started shooting. ...As soon as my team lead said, ...All right, we have a light night tonight,' I looked up and my manager just opened the door and he just opened fire. ...He wasn't aiming at anybody specifically. He just literally started shooting throughout the entire break room and I watched multiple people just drop down to the floor, whether they were trying to duck for cover or they were hit. ...He didn't say a word, he didn't say anything at all. He just came around the corner and started shooting,... Tyler told GMA. "It is by the grace of God that a bullet missed me," Tyler told the outlet. I saw the smoke leaving the gun, and I literally watched bodies drop. It was crazy." 
APEight people died in the bloodbath, including a 22-year-old employee '/ ' 
APAuthorities are still investigating a motive behind the shooting '/ ' 
APEmployee Briana Tyler managed to escape Tuesday's bloodbath '/ ' ...ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR' Bing, whose shift began at 10pm, was in charge of overseeing employees as they unloaded pallets of groceries, stocked shelves and learned the store. Two former coworkers described Bing as ...weird... and at times showed a ...nasty attitude.... "Everyone called him weird. That was all anyone could say about Andrew," Shaundrayia Reese, 27, who worked on the store's overnight crew from 2015 to 2018, told The New York Times. Reese said that Bing could be temperamental and sometimes displayed a ...nasty attitude,... which led to complaints from his subordinates. Nathan Sinclair, 21, who worked as a manager on the shift before Bing's, said they occasionally clashed over workplace matters, including one particularly intense argument in October over unloading a truck. "He had an attitude," Sinclair, who left his job this month, just short of a year after starting there, told the Times. "He was kind of aggressive. There were moments where he was OK, but he was definitely hard to work with and a little hostile." Tyler described her manager to GMA as ...one to look out for,... adding to the claims that Bing had issues with other employees. ...There was always something going on with him just having an issue with someone, but I never expected it would get to this level,... she said. ...He was the manager that everybody had something to say about.... Reese and Sinclair also recalled how Bing covered up his phone's camera with tape, saying he feared that the government was watching him. Former maintenance worker Josh Johnson, 30, said that it seemed Bing did not have ...much of a life outside of the store.... ...He was the type of guy who said, 'I go to work and go home, I don't have a social life,'... Johnson told the Times. A source revealed to 5 On Your Side that first responders found a list near the shooter's body, which contained the ...names of employees he presumably wanted to target.... Authorities recovered a pistol at the scene, as well as multiple magazines. A motive behind the shooting has not been determined. Local police and FBI officials were seen stationed outside the suspected shooter's Chesapeake home, which according to property records obtained by the Virginia-Pilot, was purchased by Bing in 2019. According to 10 On Your Side, FBI agents were seen exiting Bing's home with bags of evidence. Chesapeake mayor Rick West called the shooting senseless, ...I am devastated by the senseless act of violence that took place late last night in our City. ...My prayers are with all those affected \- the victims, their family, their friends, and their coworkers. ...I am grateful for the quick actions taken by our first responders who rushed to the scene. Chesapeake is a tight-knit community and we are all shaken by this news. Read More on The US Sun 
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SIDE DISH I tried five dinner roll brands from Aldi to Walmart – two were inedible ...Together, we will support each other throughout this time. Please keep us in your prayers.... As police continue to process the scene, they are asking anyone who may have been in the store at the time of the incident to come forward by calling 1-800-CALLFBI.
Andre Bing has been identified as the suspect in the Walmart shootingChesapeake Police EPAPolice officers executed a search warrant at suspect Andre Bing's home overnight '/ ' APWalmart said Bing was a longtime employee and was the overnight team lead '/ ' FacebookLoved ones identified Tyneka Johnson as one of the victims of last night's massacre '/ ' APThe shooting unfolded at around 10.12pm, less than an hour before closing time '/ ' Earlier reports indicated a different number of victims, but police confirmed Wednesday afternoon that there were six victims plus the suspect who died in the shooting. Police rushed to the scene of the massacre after receiving reports of a shooting at around 10.12pm, less than an hour before closing time. First responders located the first victim outside the front entrance of the store, three others, including Bing, were found dead inside the break room. Investigators believe Bing died of a self-inflecting gunshot wound. More on the Walmart shooting THANKSGIVING MASSACRE Seven shot dead in Walmart after 'store manager opened fire' RED FLAG Eerie warning Chesapeake Walmart worker received about 'mass shooter' manager Three additional victims were transported to area hospitals, where they died of their injuries. A family member identified one of the victims as 22-year-old Tyneka Johnson, an employee at the Walmart store. In an interview with News 7, the unidentified loved one described Johnson as the ...nicest person who never bothered anyone.... The other five victims have been identified by Chesapeake officials as Lorenzo Gamble, 43, Brian Pendleton, 38, Kellie Pyle, 52, Randall Blevins, 70, and a juvenile described only as a 16-year-old. Most read in The US Sun KEEPING TABS Chilling reason Delphi suspect Richard Allen may have chosen to work in a CVS 'HOPE SHE'S OKAY!' Mariah fans fear for the singer after her performance at the parade COVID CRISIS China faces 'critical' Covid crisis as 400MILLION people plunged into lockdown GIVING THANKS Al Roker reveals major health update in heartwarming Thanksgiving vid CUFFING SEASON I'm a hot cop - men confess their crimes when they see me in a bikini TASTE OF HER MEDICINE The View's Whoopi gets shut down by A-list guest in shock exchange Six others were transported to area hospitals, one is currently in critical condition. Bing was an employee at Walmart since 2010, the company confirmed in a statement to The U.S. Sun. ...The alleged shooter has been identified as Andre Bing,... Walmart said. ...We can confirm that he was a Walmart associate. Andre's position with the company was overnight team lead and he's been employed with us since 2010. ...We are focused on doing everything we can to support our associates and their families at this time.... The Walmart store is expected to remain closed for several days while the investigation continues, police said Wednesday. Moments after the bloodbath, an employee shared a video outside the store on social media and also claimed ...one of the managers... was behind the brutal slayings. The unidentified worker said: ...He blew his brains out and everything. He killed the girl in there and everything. ...He came in and started spraying. I'm sorry for the victims.... Police said Wednesday that about 50 shoppers were scattered around the store at the time of the shooting. It was presumed the store may have been busy as shoppers hastily prepared for Thanksgiving. Witness Jeromy Basham, who was shopping at the Walmart at the time, told the Times he saw at least one body being carried out in a shopping cart. Employee and survivor Briana Tyler described the harrowing moments leading up to the shooting in the break room. Tyler told Good Morning America that there were 15 to 20 employees gathered in the break room waiting to learn their duties for the day when Bing swung the door open and started shooting. ...As soon as my team lead said, ...All right, we have a light night tonight,' I looked up and my manager just opened the door and he just opened fire. ...He wasn't aiming at anybody specifically. He just literally started shooting throughout the entire break room and I watched multiple people just drop down to the floor, whether they were trying to duck for cover or they were hit. ...He didn't say a word, he didn't say anything at all. He just came around the corner and started shooting,... Tyler told GMA. "It is by the grace of God that a bullet missed me," Tyler told the outlet. I saw the smoke leaving the gun, and I literally watched bodies drop. It was crazy." APEight people died in the bloodbath, including a 22-year-old employee '/ ' APAuthorities are still investigating a motive behind the shooting '/ ' APEmployee Briana Tyler managed to escape Tuesday's bloodbath '/ ' ...ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR' Bing, whose shift began at 10pm, was in charge of overseeing employees as they unloaded pallets of groceries, stocked shelves and learned the store. Two former coworkers described Bing as ...weird... and at times showed a ...nasty attitude.... "Everyone called him weird. That was all anyone could say about Andrew," Shaundrayia Reese, 27, who worked on the store's overnight crew from 2015 to 2018, told The New York Times. Reese said that Bing could be temperamental and sometimes displayed a ...nasty attitude,... which led to complaints from his subordinates. Nathan Sinclair, 21, who worked as a manager on the shift before Bing's, said they occasionally clashed over workplace matters, including one particularly intense argument in October over unloading a truck. "He had an attitude," Sinclair, who left his job this month, just short of a year after starting there, told the Times. "He was kind of aggressive. There were moments where he was OK, but he was definitely hard to work with and a little hostile." Tyler described her manager to GMA as ...one to look out for,... adding to the claims that Bing had issues with other employees. ...There was always something going on with him just having an issue with someone, but I never expected it would get to this level,... she said. ...He was the manager that everybody had something to say about.... Reese and Sinclair also recalled how Bing covered up his phone's camera with tape, saying he feared that the government was watching him. Former maintenance worker Josh Johnson, 30, said that it seemed Bing did not have ...much of a life outside of the store.... ...He was the type of guy who said, 'I go to work and go home, I don't have a social life,'... Johnson told the Times. A source revealed to 5 On Your Side that first responders found a list near the shooter's body, which contained the ...names of employees he presumably wanted to target.... Authorities recovered a pistol at the scene, as well as multiple magazines. A motive behind the shooting has not been determined. Local police and FBI officials were seen stationed outside the suspected shooter's Chesapeake home, which according to property records obtained by the Virginia-Pilot, was purchased by Bing in 2019. According to 10 On Your Side, FBI agents were seen exiting Bing's home with bags of evidence. Chesapeake mayor Rick West called the shooting senseless, ...I am devastated by the senseless act of violence that took place late last night in our City. ...My prayers are with all those affected \- the victims, their family, their friends, and their coworkers. ...I am grateful for the quick actions taken by our first responders who rushed to the scene. Chesapeake is a tight-knit community and we are all shaken by this news. Read More on The US Sun KEEPING TABS Chilling reason Delphi suspect Richard Allen may have chosen to work in a CVS SIDE DISH I tried five dinner roll brands from Aldi to Walmart – two were inedible ...Together, we will support each other throughout this time. Please keep us in your prayers.... As police continue to process the scene, they are asking anyone who may have been in the store at the time of the incident to come forward by calling 1-800-CALLFBI.
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