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Mass Shooting
Virginia Beach Municipal Center Building
Municipality
Virginia Beach
State
Virginia – VA
Zip Code
23456
Region
South
Division
South Atlantic
Incident Date
May 31, 2019
Venue Type
Municipal
Killed
12
Injured
4

Ranking Data

Preventable Factors/Rankings
182 1623619462 Parental Failures/Interventions Lacking – Parent(s) Negligent for Inaction Against Dependent Child (Perpetrator) Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent - Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Behavior Personally Erratic/Deviated from Individual/Societal Norms Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Was in Directed and Overt Incident Preparatory Mode Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Expressed Suicidal Ideation and/or Suicide by Police and/or Expressed Violent Intentions Privately and/or Publicly in Person and/or In Any Medium Commercial Establishment Failure - Commercial Establishment Failure Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Custodial Issues - Questionable Release/Remand of Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Questionable "Blue Paper" Rejections of Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Questionable Search Warrant Rejection(s) for Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Law Enforcement Failure - Delayed Response or Inaction to Perpetrator(s) at Incident Scene Criminal Justice System Failures - Law Enforcement Failure - Delayed/Ignored/or No Follow-up to Telltale Perpetrator(s) Event(s) Preceding Incident Criminal Justice System Failures - Probation/Parole Failure - Failure to Pursue/Report Probation/Parole Violation(s) for Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Prosecutorial Failure - Failure to Pursue Warranted Criminal Charges Against Perpetrator(s) and/or Failure to Petition the Court for a Red Flag Hearing Gun Laws Inadequate - Inadequate Gun Law(s) Contributed to Perpetrator(s) Execution of the Incident Gun Laws Inadequate - Inadequate Gun Law(s) Exacerbated the Incident Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Attested to Mental Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Charged With Mental Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Identified With Metal Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) School System Failures/Interventions Lacking – School Officials Negligent for Inaction Against Perpetrator(s) Unnecessarily Accessible Perpetrator(s) Weapon(s) - Weapon(s) Was Unnecessarily Accessible to the Perpetrator Venue Lacked Armed Individuals/Personnel - Venue Lacked Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security) Venue Structural Security Lacking - Venue Had Limited Structural Security Venue Structural Security Lacking - Venue Structural Security was Nonexistent Venue Perimeter Security Lacking - Venue Had Limited Perimeter Security Venue Perimeter Security Lacking - Venue Perimeter Security was Nonexistent Vexatious Cascade of Events Beset Perpetrator(s) - Vexatious Cascade of Events Beset Perpetrator(s) Whatever System Failure - Whatever System Failure
    Blatant Rankings - Points Doubled
    0
    Preventable Rankings Score
    0
    Preventable Status
    Completely Unpreventable

    Preventable Factors

    Preventable Factor Details

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    Takeaway(s): —None. Incident Preventable Factor(s): —None. Editor’s Note: Despite due diligence, no preventable factors could be identified for this incident. Consider the following: “In the days prior to the shooting, [the perpetrator] was alleged to have been involved in physical scuffles with fellow city employees and threatened with disciplinary action.” 1 But that was the extent of it. If it was a precursor of things to come it clearly wasn’t a foreshadow. The perpetrator was familiar with the building and had access to employee areas within the building because “He was in good standing within his department, no issue of discipline ongoing.” 2 His guns had all been legally purchased.  The final official report of the incident found no motive. 3 Source(s): 1. None. Last Edited May 31, 2021. “2019 Virginia Beach Shooting”. Wikipedia. Retrieved June 5, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Virginia_Beach_shooting. 2. Miller, Ryan W. June 3, 2019. “Virginia Beach Shooting: What We Know About the Motive, the Victims”. USA Today. Retereived June 5, 2019, from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/03/virginia-beach-shooting-updates-victims-shooter-what-we-know/1326599001/. 3. Finley, Ben. March 24, 2021. “Final Report Finds No Motive In Virginia Beach Mass Shooting”. AP News. Retereived June 8, 2021, from https://apnews.com/article/virginia-beach-dewayne-craddock-us-news-virginia-shootings-55a04564c9933ba356cf34a9693dc78e.

    Fluidity

    Criminal Case Pending?
    Civil Litigation Pending?
    Trending
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    Administrative Information

    Credible Source Inquires?
    3
    Are Credible Source Inquires Inline Endnotes?
    Yes
    Assessment Status?
    Complete
    Editorial Board Approval?
    Pending

    Record Information

    Last Updated
    Lexar
    Record ID
    20
    Private ID
    3FOCXBD
    Date Recorded
    2021-06-04 19:33:02
    Date Updated
    2023-10-22 01:52:16
    Last Accessed
    Type Designation