Number Of Virginia Beach Shooting Victims Rises To 12 - Police Chief

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st June, 2019) One additional person of the Virginia Beach shooting had succumbed to the wounds while being transported to the hospital, bringing the number of victims in the incident to 12, local police chief James Cervera said, reconfirming that the suspected shooter was killed by the police, too.

"We do have an additional victim to report. We now have twelve. One victim succumbed to the injuries in the way to the hospital. We also have four additional [injured] victims being treated at the area hospitals. And we have reports that others may have self-transported," Cervera told reporters, adding that the number of victims was expected to grow.

"We have recovered a 45-caliber handgun with multiple extended magazines that were emptied. The suspect was reloading the extended magazines in that handgun firing at victims throughout the building and at our officers," the police chief added.

The press conference was broadcast live on Periscope.