Report on Virginia Beach mass shooting recommends more training for police and a fund for victims

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A state commission has called for numerous changes to how Virginia and its communities respond to mass shootings. The recommendations include more training for first responders and a state fund for victims. But the panel’s final report on a 2019 mass shooting in Virginia Beach offered little that’s new about the massacre. A city engineer killed 12 people and wounded four others at a municipal building before police fatally shot him. Family members of some victims saw the final report as their last chance at accountability for a toxic workplace. But the document mostly contained recommendations to the state on how to prevent future violence.

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The report acknowledged the commission’s limitations as an investigative body. Obstacles included no subpoena power to interview city employees as well as a lack of adequate funding.had a $460,000 budget and eight pro-bono lawyers, the report stated. The Virginia Beach commission had no pro-bono lawyers and a $38,500 budget.

“The legislature said investigate,” said Cariens, who left in part over the commission’s lack of investigatory powers. “What was produced is not an investigation. It is a college term paper.” “States that have bans on large capacity magazines tend to have significantly fewer casualties ... when there is a mass shooting,” Fox added, noting that Virginia lacks the restriction.

“Families and survivors of the Virginia Beach mass shooting reported mishandling in dealing with families and survivors,” the report stated.

 

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