![]() Trejo-Alvarado didn’t realize his friend was a victim until Wednesday morning, he said. I wish he was still standing here with me.”Ī makeshift memorial stands outside the Walmart on Wednesday. ![]() “I was hoping everything was a dream until today. “I’m out of words and speechless that it was him,” friend Joshua Trejo-Alvarado said Thursday. Several in attendance knew the youngest victim, who had just started working at the store and used his first paycheck on a gift for his mom, loved ones told CNN affiliate WTKR. The Hampton Roads community where Chesapeake is located gathered at a growing makeshift memorial outside Walmart on Thanksgiving, praying for all victims but paying special attention to Fernando. The city named a previously unidentified 16-year-old victim Friday: Fernando Chavez-Barron.Ĭity council leaders will hold a special meeting Monday evening to confirm an emergency declaration which “will free up funding to support recovery” after the shooting, the city of Chesapeake said Friday on Twitter. The people killed are Randy Blevins, 70, Lorenzo Gamble, 43, Tyneka Johnson, 22, Brian Pendleton, 38, and Kellie Pyle, 52. “Today we are focused only on those hurt by Tuesday’s tragic event, but the police investigation continues,” Chesapeake officials said Thursday. Two employees remained hospitalized, one in critical condition, the city said Thursday. Word of the note came as authorities continue looking for a motive in the mass shooting. Our focus continues to be on the families who are grieving and supporting our associates through this difficult time.” A search of his home yielded a box of ammunition and “various items in reference to the 9 mm handgun (box, receipt, other paperwork),” the city tweeted.Īsked if the gunman had ever complained about his colleagues, Walmart said, “There is nothing that can justify taking innocent lives. The gunman had no criminal history, the city said, adding the 9 mm weapon he used in the killings was legally purchased Tuesday. None of the victims in the shooting were among the redacted names, police said. The city released the note in a series of tweets, redacting the names of those mentioned by the shooter, who fatally turned the gun on himself after killing six people Tuesday at the store where he worked as an overnight supervisor. “My God forgive me for what I’m going to do.” “I wish I could have saved everyone from myself,” the note continues. Survivors spend Thanksgiving questioning motive in Walmart attack Lashana Hicks (L) joins other mourners at a memorial for those killed in a fatal shooting at the Chesapeake Walmart Supercenter on Novemin Chesapeake, Virginia.
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