(ANITA)
LOTS OF DEVELOPING NEWS
TO GET TO TONIGHT.
WE BEGIN WITH THE
CONTINUING EFFORTS TO
FIND A MOTIVE BEHIND
VIRGINIA
BEACH'S DARKEST DAY.
(TOM)
FOR THE FIRST TIME BEACH
POLICE REVEALED DETAILS
OF THEIR INVESTIGATION
SO FAR
12 PEOPLE DIED AND 4 MORE
WERE INJURED MAY 31ST,
SHOT BY A LONGTIME PUBLIC
UTILITIES ENGINEER.
HE WAS LATER KILLED IN A
GUN BATTLE WITH POLICE.
THE MASSACRE HAPPENED AT
BUILDING 2--NEXT TO CITY
HALL.
(ANITA)
ALL BUT ONE OF THE
VICTIMS WERE CITY
EMPLOYEES.
MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES
WERE INSIDE CITY COUNCIL
CHAMBERS TO HEAR
UPDATES TONIGHT---AND SO
WAS 10 ON YOUR SIDES
BRETT HALL.
BRETT, STILL VERY
FRUSTRATING FOR EVERYONE
AFFECTED.
(BRETT)
FRUSTRATION---UNSATISFACT
ION---LINGERING
QUESTIONS---ALL THINGS I
HEARD INSIDE CITY
HALL TONIGHT FOLLOWING
THE BRIEFING FROM POLICE.
EVEN THOUGH POLICE CHIEF
JIM CERVERA MADE A POINT
TO SAY ITS REMARKABLE HOW
MUCH INFORMAITON CAN BE
FOUND OUT IN JUST
4-MONTHS---THE REALITY IS
PART OF WHAT HE
FOUND OUT---IS THAT WE
MAY NEVER KNOW IT ALL.
(BRETT)
BY THE TIME THE FIRST
9-1-1 CALL REACHED POLICE
ON MAY 31ST.
10 PEOPLE WERE ALREADY
DEAD.
ITS ONE OF THE MORE
HAUNTING DETAISL VIRGINIA
BEACH POLICE DEPUTY CHIEF
PATRICK
GALLAGHER REVEALED
TONIGHT.
BUT WHAT HE STILL
COULDN'T SAY---
DEPUTY CHIEF PATRICK
GALLAGHER, VBPD
"WE HAVE ASKED THE
QUESTION WHY. WHY DID
THIS SUSPECT DO WHAT HE
DID? WE ARE STILL
LOOKING."
LOOKING DEEP INTO THE
LIFE OF 40-YEAR- OLD
DWAYNE CRADDOCK.
TONIGHT WE LEARNED THE
PUBLIC UTLITIES EMPLOYEE
WORKED MOST OF THE DAY
BEFORE HE WENT ON HIS
SHOOTING RAMPAGE.
AND THE ONLY INDICATION
OF ANYTHING RELATED TO
THE VIOLENCE CAME
BETWEEN 10 AND 10-30 THAT
MORNING---WHEN HE
SEARCHED THE FLOORPLAN OF
BUILDING 2.
OTHER THAN THAT---BESIDES
THE RESIGNATION LETTER
THAT WAS REVEALED
EARLY ON IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
NOTHING BUT REGULAR WORK
RELATED COMMUNICATION CAN
BE FOUND.
EVEN AN EMAIL SENT
5-MINUTES BEFORE THE
FIRST VICTIM WAS SHOT.
DEPUTY CHIEF PATRICK
GALLAGHER, VBPD
"HE SHOT PEOPLE HE KNEW
AND HE SHOT PEOPLE HE DID
NOT KNOW."."
POLICE SAY THEY FOUND NO
INDICATION THE SUSPECT
WAS EVER PASSED UP FOR
ANOTHER JOB---AND WHILE
IN 20-18 HE RECEIVED A
"IMPROVEMENT
REQUIRED" EVALUATION.
POLICE CONFIRM WHAT
FORMER CITY MANAGER DAVE
HANSEN SAID THE DAY AFTER
THE
SHOOTING WHEN HE SAID HIS
LATEST EVALUATION WAS
SATISFACTORY.
NO DOCUMENTED THREATENING
ENCOUNTERS WERE FOUND AT
WORK.
BUT AFTER A 20-17 DIVORCE
DEPUTY CHIEF PATRICK
GALLAGHER, VBPD
"FAMILY DESCRIBED HIM AS
INTROVERTED, PARANOID
AND UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND
PEOPLE"
POLICE SAYS THEY ARE
STILL FAR FROM DONE---THE
F-B-I ALSO STILL HASN'T
FINISHED
THERE PART.
HUSBAND OF VICTIM
KATHERINE NIXION---JASON
NIXON SAYS THREAT IS
GOOD---BECAUSE THIS
WASN'T ENOUGH.
JASON NIXON, VICTIMS
HUSBAND
"I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE
THE FULL TRUTH YET. AND
THEY SAID THE
INVESTIGATION IS NOT OVER
YET SO MAYBE THEY'LL FIND
THEY ALSO WANT TO HEAR
MORE SPECIFICS ON
NOT JUST WHAT POLICE
DIDN'T FIND---BUT WHAT
THEY DID FIND.
THERE WERE INTERVIEWS
WITH THE SUSPECTS
EX-WIFE---AND COUNCIL
MEMBER SABRINA WOOTEN
TOLD ME SHE WOULD LIKE TO
HEAR WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
IN FULL DISCLOSURE---ONE
OF THE RESONS WE ARE
SAYING THE SUSPECTS
INFORMATION OF
INTERACTIOINS WITH THE
SUPECT---AND
HAVEN'T BEEN
INTERVIEWED---THEY WANT
TO HEAR FROM YOU.
LIVE AT VIRGINIA BEACH
CITY HALL BRETT HALL 10
ON YOUR SIDE.
(TOM)
WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR
HIRED BY THE CITY.
ARNETTE HEINTZE - WITH
THE FIRM HILLARD HEINTZE
EMPHASIZED THE TWO
INVESTIGATIONS - ARE
SEPARATE.
HEINTZE REVEALED THEY
WILL NOW BE TAKING A
CLOSER LOOK TO SEE IF A
TOXIC WORK
ENVIRONMENT COULD BE AN
UNDERLYING FACTOR.
THEY DECIDED TO INCLUDE
IT AFTER HEARING FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND
EMPLOYEES.
ARNETTE HEINTZE/HILLARD
HEINTZE CEO
"THESE ISSUES INCLUDES
ALLEGATIONS THAT AFRICAN
AMERICAN EMPLOYEES WERE
BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY
THAT THEY WERE OFTEN MORE
SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINE
THAN THERE COUNTERPARTS,
THAT WERE LESS LIKELY TO
BE PROMOTED THAT THESE
EMPLOYEES FELT THEY COULD
NOT SHARE THEIR CONCERNS
WITH MANAGEMENT FOR FEAR
OF RETALIATION."
(TOM)
THE INVESTIGATION TEAM
HAS SENT OUT A
SATISFACTION SURVEY TO
ALL CITY EMPLOYEES
IT'S AVAILABLE UNTIL
OCTOBER 13TH.
HEINTZE SAID THE TEAM
EXPECTS TO BE FINISHED BY
MID NOVEMBER.